The team of jazz vets Mike Clark/dr, Henry “The Skipper” Franklin/b, Erik Jekabson/tp-fh and Babatunde Lea/cong bring together a wide range of guests on this mix of post bop sounds and ideas on this recent “small big band” release. The charts and ideas are loose yet swinging, with Jekabson’s horn warm on the moody “Centrifugal” , and Sheldon Brown’s bass clarinet brooding on “Shiva’s Mode” . Franklin lays down the law on “Petracorinda” and Matt Clark’s keyboard give soul to “Concrete Din”. The multiple horns in the fronblend well on “Return of the Pendulum” and float on “The Balance Board”. Textured tones.