The Shaw quintet that plays six of the seven tracks on this CD is his last regular working group, and included Steve Turre, Mulgrew Miller, Stafford James and Tony Reedus. And just as he does with his parallel label Resonance, executive producer Zev Feldman has come up here with some excellent previously unknown material, worked on by his colleague Jordy Soley and the doyen of such reissues, Michael Cuscuna. The band plays with huge energy and conviction during this Japanese radio concert. The opening ‘Rosewood’ shows off both the leaders’ characteristic trumpet style and what ideal colleagues he had in Turre and Miller. It’s Mulgrew Miller who leaps out of the ensemble after the head chorus (which has an almost telepathic connection between Shaw and Turre), then there’s an agile Turre solo before Shaw enters with all the dazzling brilliance of his best earlier work, with upward dashing runs and phrases that spray notes around like confetti. On ‘’Round Midnight’ he manages to keep the ballad feel while again launching into occasional flurries of upper register notes that give the sensation of a faster tempo lurking just above the measured rhythm section pace. The rest of the set keeps that clever balance going with the sense that there’s always a huge reservoir of energy in waiting. But just as good as the Tokyo session is, a startlingly brilliant ‘Sweet Love of Mine’ (a Shaw original) by the Paris Reunion Band from a 1985 Dutch concert rounds out the album. Here Shaw is matched by an on-form Johnny Griffin, and a rhythm section that is even more propulsive, with Kenny Drew and Jimmy Woode laying down a fine foundation for some exemplary soloing. All in all – a fine addition to the all too small Shaw catalogue.