One of Sidney Bechet's final recordings was this relatively modern quartet session which also features pianist Martial Solal. This LP finds Bechet playing melodically and with invention on superior swing (rather than Dixieland) standards, meeting the modern 25-year-old pianist halfway. Bechet's sound was still beautiful, even at this late stage. --Scott Yanow, AMGThere is no need to go into great depths about Sidney Bechet and the influence he has had on traditional jazz in France over the past sixty years, neither should I reflect on his playing, as too many have covered that ground already. However, I do feel in a way that these could be amongst the best music he recorded since the days he departed the shores of the USA. On the recordings, in a quartet format, he plays in quite a relaxed manner, and in doing so creates the perfect foil to the French pianist Martial Solal. The bass and drums keep things nice and tight, and the drumming of Kenny Clarke on the 17 June tracks is superb -- really swinging.  These Bechet recordings have not seen the light of day on CD as regularly as some, and therefore make for refreshing listening.  For anyone who enjoys the soprano sax and good jazz, this is a very enjoyable album. --Pete Lay, Just Jazz Magazine (07/2009)