Along with his Three Worlds Of Drums, this represents the fruit of Mingus' last appearance in a studio, just 50 weeks before his death. These were the sessions where, despite having Jeffrey as conductor (and arranger of one of the two tunes), Mingus effectively directed operations from his wheelchair, as in the iconic photo showing him with the huge band or, indeed, the head-and-shoulders picture that adorns this album. There are only two tracks, the lovely ballad ‘Farewell Farwell’, initially enunciated by returning sideman Knepper, and the up-tempo title-track which lasts 31 minutes. An entertaining romp through Mingus' boppish chord-sequence (from his 1952 ‘Extrasensory Perception’), it includes new ensemble lines but mainly consists of exchanges between different players of the same instrument, leading off with Mike Brecker. All those listed above take solos (apart from the drummers) but, while some individual contributions make a mark, this isn't Mingus's most memorable work.