This has the capable, predictable feel of one of those classic Blue Note sessions from the 60s, but with the unique, bottom-heavy front line instrumentation of trombonist Fuller and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams. Their massive, buffered tonality gives Four on the Outside a yacht-like, stentorian grandeur. Best supporting actor goes to pianist James Williams, whose funky-yet-ebullient solos are in the bosom of the Jazz Messengers tradition, solidly linking old school Messengers alumni Bobby Timmons with later graduates Benny Green and Geoff Keezer. With Adams demonstrating the imaginatively supple form that made him arguably the top small-band bari player in jazz history, the reliable bopper Fuller becomes the third best soloist in his own ensemble. But all songs, save for Oscar Hammerstein's “Hello Young Lovers,” are his originals and at least a couple are beauts. The 13-minute “Suite Kathy” repeats a theme with different tempos the way Warhol varied only the color in his multiple images of Jaqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. And the trombonist chooses the rich, rubato setting he has created for “Ballad For Gabe-Wells” to step out with his most pronounced personal playing, his big round notes bobbing with soft passion, like a butterfly pushing ahead against the…