Steve Grossman - Love is the Thing

It is widely believed that one of Grossman’s career best albums was his 1985 "Love Is The Thing" for Red Records. Accompanied by the Cedar Walton Trio, who were touring Europe at the time, their unequivocal bebop-into-hard bop saw Grossman turn more towards 1950s Sonny Rollins for inspiration than his formative influence John Coltrane. (Stuart Nicholson, liner notes)

"Love Is The Thing" is a tremendous record. The saxophone playing, the material, the peerless trio of Cedar Walton, David Williams, and Billy Higgins. It’s an organized session: a gestalt. Grossman strikes a rewarding balance between his roots in Trane, his later obsession with Sonny and amalgamating it all into a cohesive voice with his own sound and personality. (Mark Stryker, Do The Math)