The guitarist displays increasing maturity and thoughtful musicality on a flawless record that includes several of his cohort from the previous album: tenor saxophonist, Seamus Blake—himself a colossus in his own right, the alto saxophonist, Brian Hogans, who is fast emerging as a singular voice on that instrument and the bassist Edward Perez, who seemingly came out of nowhere to sparkle with his melodic play on Diamond’s and a slew of other brilliant recordings. The record also includes a few other ingenious musicians led by the amazing young Puerto-Rican poly-rhythmist and percussion colourist, Henry Cole, pianist Mike Eckroth, one-third of the enduring trio Bernal/Eckroth/Ennis, and the second percussion colourist, the astounding conguero, Mauricio Herrera. -
See more at
