Alto saxist Charles Langford mixes sleek jazz with R&B with a slick team including all stars Jimmy Haslip-Avery Sharp/b, Russell Ferrante/key , drummers Poogie Bell-Jimmy Branly, Mark Rassmussen, Wali Ali/g and a slew of guests. Haslip gives a upbeat funky feel for Langford’s warm alto on “Bliss” does some nice exotic work with a talking drum on the clever “Top Secret”. Ali supplies some wacka wooka guitar works to “Feeling Nice” and blends with Langford’s soprano for the optimistic “Midnight Mood”. Lots of music for moving hips on “Powerless” and “Thinking Back” while Langford’s alto reed chills out on the sweet and mellow nylon strings of “Better Days Ahead”. Silky smooth.