"The sixth volume in the Classics series on Red Allen, and the second best of the six. There are a couple of Victor sessions from 1946 that are excellent, including the brilliant "The Crawl" from one of them. The Apollo date from 1947 is also here, which is only slightly below the Victors. J.C. Higginbotham (trombone) and Don Stovall (alto sax) are in fine form, both men going back quite a ways with Allen. A very enjoyable CD."