Rich and pastoral interplay is created by guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel as he leads a symbiotic trio with Scott Colley on bass and deft drummer Brian Blade. Except for his acoustic work on the elliptical title track, he’s sticks to electrical, with his friends sitting out on the rich droplets of “Solo Kanon in 5/4” to let the leader show his lyrical talents.
Together, the three get funky on the bluesy “Kanon in 6/8” with Colley in hip lead form here, as well as on the post bop read of “I’ll Remember April” with Muthspiel supplying deft framework. Blade’s brushes sashay under the leaders rich melody of “Everything I Live” and gives relaxed cymbal work after Muthspiel provides a lovely solo intro to the relaxed “Camino”. The three show how to bop on the supple “Ride” and the interplay throughout is almost telepathic. Once this virus thing is over, they’ll be touring around. -don’t miss out!