Pianist Geoffrey Dean forms a richly lyrical quartet with the glowing trumpet of Justin Copeland along with sensitive support from drummer Eric Binder and bassist Harish Raghavan. The album feels like an up to date rendition of albums led by soft toned trumpeters like Kenny Dorham or Blue Mitchell, with the emphasis here on lyricism and style.
Some of Dean’s tunes have a Kenny Rankin feel, mixing jazz with folk as on the warm “Came and Went” and Binder adds to the feel on the rural “What May Come”. Copeland’s horn is open and bel canto on the gliding “Road To Somewhere” and rich on the post bopping “Conflagration”, with notes caressed one at a time on the swinging “Phoenix Rising” and “Amidst A Dream”. Inta Something.