Live at Small's

Mark Elf plays bop guitar in a classic vein--high speed, harmonically adventurous, rhythmically aggressive--recalling giants of the form like Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow, and Jimmy Raney.

He has technique to spare, and it enables him to add fresh rhythmic detail to a cascading line and to push a long solo to its logical limits.

His combination of raw vigour and high dexterity is especially apparent on this, his first live release, recorded in 1995.