Sam Taylor / Larry McKenna - Along The WayOne of the finer young tenor players on the New York scene in the last decade, Sam Taylor squares off against Philadelphia's acclaimed tenor man, Larry McKenna on "Along The Way." Taylor and the elder McKenna don't musically spar so much as put their equally rich saxophone sounds to good use in a spirited, cooperative effort in a warm program of standards that suits their unfettered bebop style.

written for all fallen heroes buried at Arlington Cemetery

Closing the album is Shostakovich's 1927 orchestration of a Broadway classic

The others were written for specific events - royal wedding

His masterful voice

Bach's St John Passion

and the last one to be released on Atlantic

with a repertoire that drew from - but did not imitate - classic country

but also in Hamburg

in the last season of the show

the "Bäsle"

Meijering told him that the roots he had always had in pop music had gradually become more and more important

leaving a lasting impression on subsequent generations of musicians