Tenor saxist Chris Cheeks teams up with the Wild Man Conspiracy of Gerald Kleijn/tp-ef, Guillermo Celano/g and Joost Kesselaar/dr for a March 2018 gig at the Bimhuis Amsterdam. A few of the tunes such as “The Adventures of Evil Pancake and Friends,” “Volver” and “No More Tango” are filled with effects from the horns and spacious atmospheres which must have raised some eyebrows. The team shows the ability to dig a nice hip groove on the sporty “Strawberry Jam” and the team struts well on “Blues Cruise.” Celano’s guitar gets ominous as the rhythm team staggers on a New Orleansish “The Other” and the team gets soft and elliptical for “Parcelas Desiguales.” Sonic portraits.