The Judge’s Decision

RELEASE
1984
LABEL
Exposure
GENRES
Jazz
For this rather obscure LP, veteran bassist Milt Hinton (74 at the time) teams up with four musicians he considered to be up-and-coming young players: pianist Jay D'Amico, altoist Sam Furnace, tenor saxophonist Mike Walters and drummer Kevin Norton. Although not much has been heard since from Walters and Norton, D'Amico and particularly Furnace have had professional careers. The music ranges from a few originals, including Hinton's "Mona's Feeling Lonely," to four standards, such as "Indiana" and Oscar Pettiford's "Tricotism." Good music with no real surprises.
Scott Yanow, Rovi