Cables, who turns 70 later this year, has long been a valued sideman, notably in quartets with Dexter Gordon and Art Pepper. He's made a couple of dozen albums under his own name over three decades, but has seldom been recognised as more than merely dependable. The premise of this album, hardly a new idea, is to feature tunes by the performer's favourite players plus a couple of originals dedicated to other musicians, in this case the recently-deceased Cedar Walton and Mulgrew Miller. More unusual choices are perhaps Ellington's ‘Come Sunday’ (seldom done as a piano trio), Brubeck's ‘The Duke’ (another dedication, of course) and the truly unexpected ‘Mo’ Pan’ by calypsonian Lord Kitchener. Cables handles everything with aplomb and a style suggesting a less heavy-handed McCoy Tyner, while the rhythm-section is as good as you'd want. The up-and-coming Douglas, an alumnus of the Jackie McLean school (literally), has an excellent feel while Victor Lewis… well, what can you say?