, one of the leading proponents of solo improvisational flute, collaborates here with Native American flute player in a genuinely equal pairing. As with some of earlier albums, this is a field recording, done in two weeks inside of Canyon De Chelly and capitalizing on its natural acoustics. Listen to where uses his soprano saxophone to "speak" to a raven that happened into the area. The sound of Native American flute, echoing the natural sounds of the canyon and its water, is breathtaking on "Within the Rocks." The two of them toss ideas back and forth at times, trying out different tonalities or embellishing what the other has put forth. ~ Bob Gottlieb