has long experimented with using polychordal harmonies, as many jazz musicians have well before him, but prior to this recording session, the trumpeter's adventurous charts tended to overwhelm many of the players who worked with him. But this date freed from the series of post-bop/hard bop/bop recordings that he had made in the past. Accompanied by guitarist (who switches to sitar on some tracks), pianist/keyboardist , bassist , and drummer , puts his musicians to the test with his wild charts, which at times combine two four-note chords that seem to conflict with the harmony underneath. The oft-kilter sounds like something from the era of '70s fusion, though the harmonies against the funky backbeat are far more modern. adds a mute for his fairly straight-ahead, lyrical treatment of the old soul-pop song though ' keyboards get pretty far out behind the leader. Everyone seems to be playing a different arrangement in the dissonant, rather wild setting of while the old pop hit is far more accessible. even revisits (which was the title track of his 1988 CD debut as a leader), but the rockish guitar and electric keyboards dramatically alter its conception. 's is dramatically altered as well, with offbeat rhythm and the eerie addition of the sitar. While this CD may not get people dancing, it definitely won't put any jazz fans to sleep! ~ Ken Dryden