Trombonist/composer Ed Neumeister gives everyone a chance to display their wares in solo and in mix and match environs on this release. The complete team of Neumeister with Gary Versace/p, Drew Gress/b and Tom Rainey/dr are featured on half the pieces, with the leader in a plunger mood on the post bopping “Riverwalk” and jah jahing with his valve in Ellingtonian fashion on the ballad of the title tune and the growling “Ridgewood”.
Versace leads the way on the sleek “Acclimation Park” with the rhythm section bopping in a nifty fashion for “Inclusion” . The short segments feature Gress on “PickledGinger2” and “PickledGinger 5” Rainey on “PickledGinger 3” and Versace strumming the piano strings on “PickledGinger4” while the team gets busy and intricate together on “Renate”. Neumeister’s bones are in many locations and positions her.e