is trumpeter/composer ' debut recording for . He re-enlists the same intuitive quintet who played on 2017's . It features guitarist , pianist , bassist , and drummer . Written during the summer of 2018 while caring for his dying father, these nine compositions were intended to provide empathy, peace, love, and reassurance to his transitioning parent and his family. Clocking in at over 71 minutes, bridges polytonal modal music, blues, gospel, post-bop, and pop. The long opener "Like Those Who Dream" commences with sparse, seemingly unrelated piano and bass notes, droning trumpet tones, and guitar harmonics, with 's syncopated snare offering skeletal rhythmic miniatures. A pulse emerges from the front line at two minutes in, and moves into deep blues. He and twin through gorgeously scripted lyric lines as the rhythm section floats atop and around his modal blues. The trumpeter's solo sings with pain and resonance as 's expansive comping is colored by 's intelligent chord voicings before embarking on his own break. Single "Queen of the South" was inspired by Ethiopian pop, and is so songlike it's hummable. The lyric and textural interaction between , , and entwines then separates for who grounds the harmony in a majestic cadence as plays around the beat before stretching it. The drummer employs muted tom-toms to introduce the haunting, minor-key ballad "Average." Its impressionist melodic center assumes a dominant role even as it shifts to allow for tonal variances from and . "The Rumor" is infused with a drifting Americana melody from the guitarist. In a stately 4/4, embellishes and extrapolates the harmony while 's dialogues with him intimately before opens the circle thematically with muted blues lines and phrases before delivering an artfully rendered solo. "Custodian of the New" is a post-bop number with intersecting rhythms. , with in tow, interrogate a layered, labyrinthine lyric as drive it with almost rockist force. "A Kind Word" closes with dramatic harmonic ideas amid multivalent rhythmic interplay. Its six-note boogaloo riff offers room for chordal extrapolation while travel the lyric's outer reaches with gorgeous sonic effects as they inquire about its nuances and sense impressions. is a deeply personal album for . It's a work rife with dignity and emotional and spiritual power, performed with grace and taste by this gifted quintet. It builds on with song-like compositions, and more intimate and intuitive dialogue, resulting in a very different, yet equally compelling listening experience. ~ Thom Jurek