The following blindfold test was carried out in 1966 but time would hardly change the opinions expressed here. They could well have been uttered today - or even tomorrow. Jazz lives on!

NOTE: Due to unavoidable circumstances, trumpeter Woody Shaw was unable to join the rest of the Silver Quintet until part of the way through this Disc Discussion. Hence the absence of his comments on some of the tracks. Tyrone Washington plays tenor with the group, Larry Ridley is the bassist and Roger Humphries the drummer.