David Liebman goes his most esoteric to date on this trio album with Tatsuya Nakatani/dr-perc and Adam Rudolph, who plays things like slit drum, thumb piano, sinti, mbuti harp and “live electronic processing.” Liebman, along with the usual tenor and soprano sax, brings in the C flute, native American flute, recorder, and even the fender Rhodes for a Baker’s Dozen improvisations.
Liebman’s soprano is chirpy on the title track, while free and puffy with hand percussion on “The Simple Truth” and crying through the electronica of “The Turning.” His tenor bops on “Present Time” and is brooding during “Premonition.” Electronics and metallic percussion create edgy moods with a spacy flute on” Cosmogram” and finger percussion adds mystery to “Distant Twilight.” More mood and mystery than music.