It's new, imaginative treatment that keeps old tunes alive, and this album provides 10 perfect examples. Vaché is a great cornet player with a quicksilver musical mind, and Barnes, a master saxophonist, has a magic touch when it comes to orchestrating for small ensembles. Surrounded by his settings of songs such as "My Funny Valentine" and "Sophisticated Lady", Vaché's tone takes on a golden glow. Furthermore, with saxophonist Andy Panayi and trombonist Mark Nightingale completing the front line, and a rhythm section of John Pearce, Andrew Cleyndert and Bobby Worth, this is the mainstream A-team with a vengeance.