Playing piano and synthesizer, Francesco Crosara mixes and matches trios with bassists Clipper Anderson/Farko Dosumov and Osama Afifi with drummers Mark Ivester/D’Vonne Lewis and Xavier Lecouturier respectively on this album of originals.
On keyboards, there’s a Stevie Wonder meets Weather Report feel to “One Day Honey One Day Onions” and the deep dig of the soulful “Sarava” with some tasty electronic bass by Dosumov on “Julia’s Tango”. Some exotic Middle Eastern moods hover between Crosara and Ivester on the exotic “Maktoub” and the ivories dance on the Iberian Peninsula with Lewis and Dosumov for “Preludio Flamenco”. There’s a stately swing to “Circular Motion” with Ivester’s ride cymbal coaxing the leader along on “Gymopedie No. 4”. A strong pair of threes beating all other hands.