A live recording of trumpeter Maffy Falay leading his quintet at the International Istanbul Jazz festival. Falay plays his sophisticated brand of hard bop, including the modern standards of Hank Mobley and Kenny Dorham, and the classics of George Gershwin. Featuring acclaimed Swedish tenor sax player Bernt Rosengren, Åke Johansson (piano), Per-Ola Gadd (bass), and Selahattin Can Kozlu (drums).

"The most impressive aspect of his (Falay's) playing is a large and beautiful tone in the tradition of Brown, Lee Morgan, Hubbard and the like." Larry Holis, Cadence - October 1996, The Review of Jazz & Blues: Creative Improvised Music