Drummer Winard Harper leads a fine hard bop quintet on Trap Dancer, which consists of five standards and a variety of obscure originals, including one song apiece from Gary Bartz and Jimmy Heath. Trumpeter Patrick Rickman, tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen, and pianist George Cables take consistently worthwhile solos, and although there are a couple brief percussion pieces ("Oamara" and "Allahu Akbra"), Harper does not feature himself all that much except in support of the lead voices…
Recorded Live at Wolf Trap National Park For The Performing Arts, July 25, 2004.Live At Wolf Trap includes 23 songs, spanning The Doobies entire 30-plus year career. The majority of the songs are from their seminal early-70's output, including five songs each from the classic Toulouse Street and The Captain & Me albums of 1972 and 1973.