With 2018's , long-running crossover jazz outfit offer a sophisticated, broadly stylistic collection of songs showcasing Grammy-winning Brazilian vocalist as a guest artist on seven of the 13 tracks. The second album the band has recorded since the departure of founding bassist , introduces newest member on bass, taking over from ' seat, who left the fold after 2016's . As with that album, finds exploring a harmonically nuanced bed of post-bop and fusion-influenced sounds that remain audience-accessible even as they reveal the members' talents for investigative soloing and improvisational interplay. In this department, saxophonist excels, able to evince a deft balance between the probing modalism of and the lyrical soulfulness of He pairs exceedingly well with singer , whose English, Portuguese, and wordless vocals add yet another layer of organic warmth to the band's sound. This is especially evident on the three legacy compositions the band reworked here to feature , including "Man Facing North" and "Solitude," both off 1992's , as well as "Timeline" from 2011's . Also engaging is "Everyone Else Is Taken," in which pianist 's sprightly circular piano figure is doubled by and with a dancer's precision. then evokes the spirit of with his delicate, impressionistic "Mutuality." Elsewhere, they draw upon their '70s roots with the fractured fusion of 's "Ecuador" and dive headlong into the saxophonist's hard-swinging straight-ahead number "Strange Time." Bassist also gets his own well-deserved spotlight turns, pushing the group toward new age with his long, drawn-out electric bass tones on the dewy rainforest soundscape of "Emerge" and contributing the kinetic math-rock-and-Latin-fusion hybrid "Brotherly." Ultimately, has an openhearted international flavor that seems to speak to a kind of creative inclusiveness want to project into the world. ~ Matt Collar