Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow and Thom Jurek awarded the albums 4½ stars stating "as a whole, this recording is so wonderfully executed, one has to wonder why Hipp simply dropped out of the jazz world".[2]

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AllMusic	[2]

Writing in the liner notes for the album, jazz critic Leonard Feather said:

The total effect to be observed on these two sides is similar to what you would experience if you happened to drop in one night at Basin Street or the bohemia and found Jutta Hipp sitting in with Zoot's combo. The same laissez-souffler (or man, let's blow) spirit; the same concentration on individual expression. If fact, everything is there but the audience applause; it only remains to be hoped that you'll feel like providing it yourself.[3]

1. "Just Blues" (Zoot Sims) - 8:42
2. "Violets for Your Furs" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) - 6:10
3. "Down Home" (Jerry Lloyd) - 6:43
4. "Almost Like Being in Love" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 6:16
5. "Wee Dot" (J. J. Johnson, Leo Parker) - 7:28
6. "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener) - 6:52
7. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 6:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "'S Wonderful" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:54 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Jutta Hipp – piano
• Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
• Jerry Lloyd - trumpet
• Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
• Ed Thigpen – drums