Backed by a wonderful band (Frank Kimbrough, John Herbert and Matt Wilson) Noah gave a somewhat frustrating performance. He has wonderful chops and spent most of the set doing blistering renditions of Chris Potter or Mark Turner licks. Meh. But then every so often he would interject a bit of original phrasing and lyricism, particularly on a wonderful version of "Nancy with the laughing face", that made me think after he had gone through his more chops than taste phase he may turn into a pretty decent player.