This disc is taken from two NHOP Trio radio broadcasts, in Denmark in 1999 (tracks 1-5) and in Germany in 2005 (tracks 6-11), the latter just a few weeks before Pedersen's final heart attack. While not perhaps the album for which the bassist will be best remembered—for that, my vote would go jointly to Those Who Were (Verve, 1996) and This Is All I Ask (Verve, 1997), two sextet sessions featuring, respectively, saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Phil Woods—it contains moments of magic intense enough to melt the heart.
