, fresh off of a Fellowship endorsement, began putting together new pieces for his in 2008. The key to the ensemble is the mix of fresh (and classic jazz-inspired) compositions with an interesting set of instruments. Rather than only using the standard horns, guitars, and such, invokes less common jazz sounds (indeed, many of those used by in his ensembles): French horn, bass clarinet, flute. Even a stray euphonium. The off-kilter instrument timbres immediately invoke some recognition of elements of and of (as well as ), just by association with the rare sound. The sound is at times dramatic, as in the new composition It's at times reminiscent, as in the seemingly -inspired and at times just a bit dark, as in the reworking of 's It's never boring, however. ~ Adam Greenberg