Trombonist Marshall Gilkes teams up with the WDR Big Band for some sophisticated charts on this recent album. He features himself on the upbeat “Fresh Start” and the marching band like high stepper Sin Filtro” with some exciting percussion in the after flow., with Hans Kedder supporting with a relentless groove on”Cora’s Tune”. The flutes surround Andy Haderer’s flugelhorn with style on the lovely “ This Nearly Was Mine” and vocalist Sabeth Perezis poetic and clear on the impressionist “All The Pretty Horses”. The arrangements are clever, with some hip bopping of the sections on “Sugar Rush” and the woodwinds all aglow for pianist Billy Test on “My Unanswered Prayer”. Modern musings.