So let's hear it one more time for the late Tom Wilson (1931-1978) – a true visionary who produced numerous keynote albums by such far-ranging icons as Sun Ra, Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Cecil Taylor, The Velvet Underground, John Coltrane, Gil Scott Heron, The Mothers Of Invention and the debut by Booker Little's trumpet-playing elder cousin, appropriately named Here Comes Louis Smith. Wilson wasn't the only one who looked favourably on Smith. A feisty Cannonball Adderley partnered the leader under the moniker ‘Buckshot La Funk’. In the wake of Clifford Brown's tragic death, a whole new generation of first class young and eager hornmen jostled for attention, Smith was but one of them, as can be seen by the opening track, ‘Tribute To Brownie’. This album – originally intended for Wilson's short lived Transition label – was eventually sold to Blue Note. Charlie Rouse proved a worthy frontline companion on the follow-up, Smithville, and after a brief spell with Horace Silver and preceding another, where Smith spent two decades as an educator, came Down Home Reunion, the third album included here. On paper, it may have been an inspired concept, bringing together eight of the city's emergent talents. They all measure up, especially Frank Strozier (‘Star Eyes’), but ultimately the project sold itself short on its ad hoc choice of repertoire. Finally, if Brownie, Little, Byrd, Morgan, Hubbard, Farmer et al are all to your taste then sparky Smith is worthy of your attention.