The team of Dave Liebman/ts-ss, Marc Copland/p, Drew Gress/b and Michael Stephans join together at the Deer Head Inn in PA for a concert performance that shows the glory of intuitive cohesiveness. The band leans towards vintage Davis/Coltrane material of their youth, and the years of it creeping into their collective dna has drawn dividends. Liebman’s breathy tenor floats over the shifting rhythmic sands of a soft “Nardis” with his soprano floating over Copland’s piano and Stephans’ gentle pulse on a stretched out “All Blues.” Gress is given a chance on the lead line of a peppy “So What” with Stephans’ ride cymbal suavely pushing things forward. The team sounds like gentle water lilies as Liebman’s soprano caresses the melody of “In a Sentimental Mood’ while he creates a sonic sunset on a dreamy “Vertigo.” Sublime, subtle and sophisticatedly swinging. This is jazz by pros.