Heavyweight big jazz line-up from 73 featuring vibes player Gary Burton and composer Mike Gibbs alongside Steve Swallow, Bob Moses, Randy Brecker, Bill Watrous and other class-A Jazzers.

Michael Clement Irving Gibbs
Born September 25, 1937 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Trombonist who also gets credits as conductor, composer, arranger, musical director, producer, and more rarely, keyboardist and drummer. He is well known among prog/hard rock fans as orchestral arranger worked with Uriah Heep in mid 1970s.

Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Harvey Wainapel
Bass – Steve Swallow
Bass Trombone – Paul Falise
Bass Trombone, Tuba – Dave Taylor
Cello – Alan Schulman (tracks: B1 to B4), George Ricci (tracks: A1 to A3)
Drums – Bob Moses (tracks: B1 to B4), Harry Blazer (tracks: A1 to A3)
Electric Piano, Organ – Pat Rebillot
Guitar – Mick Goodrick
Percussion – Warren Smith
Piano, Electric Piano – Al Zavod
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Mike Brecker
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Paul Moen
Trombone – Bill Watrous, Wayne Andre
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Jeff Stout, Marvin Stamm, Pat Stout, Randy Brecker
Vibraphone, Producer, Sleeve Notes – Gary Burton

Photography By – David Redfern
Cover, Design – Larry Learmonth
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Kurt Rapp, Martin Wieland
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Dave Palmer (2)
Art Direction – Ian Murray
Producer, Written-By, Leader, Conductor – Michael Gibbs
Typography – John Constable (2)
Recording Supervisor – Manfred Eicher

A1 - The Start Of Something Similar 6:57
A2 - Four Or Less 5:05
A3 - Dance: Blue 7:15
B1 - To Lady Mac: In Memory 5:58
B2 - Family Joy, Oh Boy 6:10
B3 - In The Public Interest 7:35
B4 - To Lady Mac: In Sympathy 2:10