Bassist Phil Ravita, co-leads a quintet with guitarist Skip Grasso along with Greg Small/p, Nuc Vega/dr and Benny Russell/ts-ss on a collection of originals. The team shows its bop chops right up front, with Russell searing on soprano on the burning title track, with Ravita giving a rich line to the modal “Songhai” with Vega supplying a deep beat. Ravita’s bass gets lyrical for Russell’s tenor on “The Homecoming” and bluesy for “Blue Sunshine”, and some nice bossa beats set the table for Grasso for the lovely “Latin For Leandro” and waltzing “Her Life Incomplete”. The team is intuitive and telepathic, and the writing mixing up the delivery like a 9th inning closer. Impressive sounds.