Two of our best contemporary trombone men in, inevitably, a tribute to the long-gone duo of JJ Johnson and Kai Winding, groundbreaking in their 1950s heyday and the trigger for many subsequent replications. Worth doing this time? For sure, on the evidence of this agreeable session, and from seeing them work live. Rather than concentrate wholly on the repertoire of these past masters, Nightingale and White opted to add several of Mark's originals plus his arrangements of various standards to the trio of (transcribed) pieces previously recorded by their inspirations and the album is all the better for that. The sotto voce opening to ‘Cherokee’ or the ultra-slow ‘A Gentle Man’ highlight Mark's arranging know-how, the two principals deploying the rich mix of possibilities inherent in their two-horn situation with commendable skill, playing open or muted and varying their styles and modes of attack. Tracey and Dankworth propel things in their usual swinging fashion, while Harvey turns in a series of nifty solos. I liked Nightingale's ‘Blues On The House’, with its interplay and vocalised muted effects, and Harvey's groovy solo. White has the blowsier tone and Nightingale is the more precise, both men hewing to what we might call the highly technical, post-Johnson style of people like Bill Watrous or Jiggs Whigham. Their ensemble blend is spot-on, smooth or chortling and there's enough spirited, all-round action to please most listeners. Just to hear these two play ‘This Could Be The Start of Something Big’ or the stirring ‘This Can't Be Love’ is a delight in itself.