TracksOpen Door Samba, Pastor J, Water, Round the Block, Earth and Sky, Kyrie, Second Son, April Bossa, Yin and Yang, Pogi's Plight, Waltz for Fern, Cactus Blues
NotesThis tuneful, spirited, and spirit-filled Jazz excursion is brought to you by composer, arranger, and saxophonist, Phil Chester. It features a range of all acoustic grooves and styles from earthy funk to playful sambas to haunting ballads to bouncy swing. It's moods veer from mysterious to raucous, from calm to sassy, from sexy to reflective with an easy grace. Delicious orchestrations capitalize on the rich woody timbres of the strings and soprano sax, and equally delicious is a wealth of exquisite interplay in the rhythm section that is sometimes sensitive, sometimes explosive, and always expressive.