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it's clear that Tatum's the star of the sessions — as most tracks start out with that introspective and often complicated approach to the keys that marks his trio and solo work — but Webster always slides in just in time to keep the record from being a standard Tatum outing — blowing with a crisp tone that's beautifully recorded here

the album was completed with the assistance of Jon Brion

in "Powder Cake"

" writes AllMusic

gives each layer room to shimmer

The Bosses GB1568 it's clear that Tatum's theCount Basie and Big Joe Turner, two architects of Kansas City blues and swing, reunited in convalescent style in 1973 for this stripped back session. Turner's booming voice growls under as part preacher, part brawler, meeting Basie's clipped piano runs on a ten track set that reworks standards like 'Wee Baby Blues' and 'Roll Em' Pete' with full tilt swagger. Backed by players who'd seen it all, from Harlem club basements to coast to coast big band