"John Marshall (trumpet), Tardo Hammer (piano), Ralph Lalama (tenor sax), John Webber (bass), Tom Melito (drums). Recorded June 10, 1988, at Rudy Van Gelder Studios. Tracks are: ""Kiss & Tell"", ""Samba Claudine"", ""Gone Job"", ""Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"", ""Wailing Wall"", ""Is That So"", ""Just One of Those Things"", ""Sippin' at Bells"", ""So Young"", ""Beans & the Boys"", ""11th & First"". Trumpeter John Marshall and pianist Tardo Hammer formed this group when the Metropolitan Bopera House broke up. Like Danny D'Imperio (former leader of the Metropolitan Bopera House), the Marshall-Hammer Bopera House is dedicated to the revitalization of bebop and hard bop."
