The first cut, "Valse Hot", is one of the best, and it features Brown jumping right into a tour de force, soon joined by Rollins, who wrote the song. Personally, I'm not a fan of Brown's style, but there is little doubt that he was talented and it's a shame he died so young. When Rollins begins his solo the tune really came alive for me, and it's an outstanding example of his sound at that time.
The second cut, "Kiss And Run", had a different feel to me — a little more "bebopish" if that's a word, with Rollins' quick-time phrasing echoed by more of the same from Brown, and this piece also includes some good stuff from pianist Powell. A couple of familiar tunes follow; "I Feel a Song Coming On" and "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep", for folks like me who sometimes enjoy hearing variations on standards. Both songs enjoyable with my preference probably the latter.
Closing the album is a jazz classic — it's "Pent-Up House", another Rollins composition. If there's a tune that best identifies a special time when a soon to disappear group was at their peak, it's this one. All five members of the group get their licks in, and it's a hard bop romp. (Try saying that 3 times quickly.) A "thumbs up" for this album from this particular listener. 
1. Valse Hot 8:38
2. Kiss and Run 7:10
3. I Feel a Song Coming On 5:16
4. Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep 2:31
5. Pent-Up House 8:53
Article comments
1 - Tan The Man
I saw him in concert last year and he played a little more bebopish tunes than I thought he would.