tributes are not hard to find in the jazz world, and different tributes will celebrate different periods of the saxophone innovator's career. Some tributes pay homage to 's hard bop period (as in and ), others pay homage to his modal post-bop period of roughly 1960-1964, and some pay homage to his radically avant-garde free jazz period of 1965-1967 (the last few years of his life). ' , it turns out, is essentially a tribute to modal post-bop on , and the acoustic pianist leads an intimate trio that employs on upright bass and on drums. The thing that separates from many of the other tributes to modal post-bop is the fact that offers a combination of familiar compositions and original material. She puts a piano-trio spin on the pieces but she also plays four original compositions that are mindful of 's modal period -- and the title track -- and she demonstrates that a session can be -minded even without the presence of a saxophonist. That said, never allows her own personality to become obscured on ; this 2007 date always sounds like a project even though she is fondly remembering the contributions of an iconic jazz master. And one of the ways in which fondly remembers is by celebrating the spiritual aspects of his playing and composing. It's no secret that was greatly influenced by eastern religion in the '60s; is obviously well aware of that fact, and in the CD's liner notes, she writes, "Right now, John's beautiful album, (on ), is on my CD player. I've lit a few candles and am burning some incense." And that imagery from really speaks volumes about the way she identifies with 's spirituality on , which finds the pianist in consistently excellent form. ~ Alex Henderson