Just now hearing Legacy, and the writing is gorgeous, and gorgeously, expertly played. Not as "roaring" as a band made up of old-school big band road-dogs, but those times and most of those people are gone now, so that's that.
Solos are good, but quite often "New York-y" in a not-good way. Style over substance, and there's an alto & a trumpet soloist who sound embarrassingly "bluesy", and a tenor player whos all doodley-doodley. I do like Anthony Wilson and whoever it is playing the plunger trombone. The rhythm section, otoh, holds the band together just fine and frames the charts very nicely. I'd like more sweat and nasty, but like I said, that was then...
I'm keeping this one for the writing and the ensemble playing, both of which are outstanding. Memory has me hearing Harold Land, Carmell Jones, Bobby Bryant, Joe Maini, Anthony Ortega, Joe Pass, etc, playing the solos, and that little bit of self-deception works just fine.
Recommended, even with the hesitations about most of the solos.