When I hear the term “smooth jazz,” I tend to think of the elevator music variety of jazz. This isn’t that. There is a lot more going on here than one would think given the title. In fact, I think this is a great, and often exciting, jazz album. It’s not freeform or extreme jazz by any means, but it’s far from ho-hum or boring. This is a great set, really. There is enough rock and fusion in the mix here, to land this in progressive rock, as that’s where we usually put fusion.

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There is a bit of a funk vibe to the guitar sound on this tune. The horns lend a lot here. Some full on funk mid-track gives way to some of the most fusion oriented and adventurous jamming of the whole piece.

There is more energy yet on this one. It’s a killer slab of fusion that’s among the best here.