wow, what a nut, still crazy after all these yrs. 2 definitive avant sets. if i had any problems it would be that in set one sabir mateen pushed too hard with the energy playing. wait let me change the channel on the radio kcr is back with a vengeance & transfigured night is driving me crazy ... ah that's better a new cd by ras moshe ... young cats tryin to do it right with jackson krall @ the helm ... ok back to sonny ... in the middle of a great tune in walks cecil & sonny sees him from the stage drops his sticks tells mateen to take a break leaves burrell up there to fend for himself & heads to the back where he & cecil venture out of the club to indulge in conversation & smokes ... burrell plays a magnificent solo for about 20 minutes both enchanting & frustrating some listeners then in walks sonny who bounces up to the stage, does a little dance, mumbles some shit to the audience then plays the greatest most definitive extended brush solo i have ever heard. this was followed by an almost equally good mallet solo, both as only sonny can play them. then group improvs & solos for a set that lasted about an hour & a half. then a break & a shorter second set, in fact so short that a certain guy touring with him insisted he play more. & he did. this set was very tight with more defined playing by mateen & all freat collective & solo playing by murray proving as always that he is an unmatched & totally unique master. only problem with set 2 was burrell could not be heard very well & did not solo much. in the house beside taylor was the great drummer rashied ali & a few younger & older musicians ... i was told that the leroy jenkins set @ roulette was magnificent as well @ was surely the other place i would have been at if i could have split myself in 2 ...