Ian Carey leads a small band in which he plays trumpet, flugelhorn and handles most of the writing with a lithe a cirrus cloud team of Evan Francis/fl-ts, Kasey Knudsen/as, Adam Shulman/p, Fred Randolph/b and Jon Arkin/dr. The melding of the three horns, especially when Francis is on the flute, create a lovely graciousness of sound that feels like a breeze teasing linen drapes, as on the mellifluous “Wheels.” A pastel haze floats above the plain on “Rain Tune” while Neil Young’s “Dead Man’ features Carey’s lonely and gasping trumpet. Some firm and forte bop is displayed on the driving “Count Up” which has some pungent stick work by Arking, while Charles Ives’ “West London” is delivered with a porcelain fragility. Nice and fresh music here that sparkles like morning dew on citrus trees.
Kabocha Records
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