Altoist Phil Woods took a rare vacation from playing with his regular group to collaborate with pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist George Mraz and drummer Kenny Washington on this fine straight-ahead quartet date. The 13 selections are fairly concise (clocking in between 3-7 minutes apiece) and most of the material (other than"Canadian Sunset,""Yours Is My Heart Alone,""Blue and Sentimental" and Bill Evans' classic"Waltz for Debby") consists of either obscurities or recent originals. A special bonus is that Woods plays his appealing clarinet on three numbers. Highlights include"Charles Christopher" (a tribute to Charlie Parker),"Butter" and Hal Galper's"Just Us."