LEGENDARNE NAGRANIA BETHLEHEM RECORDS w formacie K2HD (JVC JAPAN)
>>> THIS IS K2 HD SOUND - 100 kHz and 24-BIT RESOLUTION! AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow A CD reissue of trumpeter Booker Little's Victory and Sorrow album for Bethlehem, this release adds two previously unheard alternate takes of "Matilde" to the original program. Little's final recording before he died of uremia at the age of 23, the sextet session also features fine playing by trombonist Julian Priester, tenor saxophonist George Coleman, pianist Don Friedman, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Pete LaRoca. However, Booker Little is generally the top soloist on the harmonically advanced hard bop date and he is in peak form throughout although he would pass away on October 5 of that year. Of his six originals, "Molotone Music" and "Victory and Sorrow" are most memorable even if Little's beautiful playing on a quartet version of the date's one standard, "If I Should Lose You," is actually the highpoint. Booker Little (trumpet), George Coleman (tenor saxophone), Julian Prester (trombone), Reggie Workman (double bass), Don Freedman (piano), Pete La Roca (drums)