Peter and Phil Templer form the core of the team Axiom, playing guitars and drums respectively along with keyboardist Jared Stewart, a sax-woodwind team of Alan Palmer/Frank Villafranca and rotating bassists Bill Owen, Hussein Jiffry, Brian Mastaslsky and Keith Hubacher. The music is what used to be called “Contemporary Adult Instrumental”, ranging between sophisticated swinging rock and accessible jazz, sort of like a jamming Chris Cross or James Taylor backup band. The team delivers some cool Caribbean tones on the cheerful “Magunda” and sound Weather Reportish on the echoey “Starburst”, propelled by some nice grooves by Owen and Phil Templer. A four-part “California Suite” rocks out on “Kings Canyon” synthy spaciousness of “Deserts” with the team showing its funky side on the album closer “Cruising Altitude”. An overlooked genre that gets revisited with style.