Playing tenor sax, flute and bass clarinet, Art Baden leads a post bop team of Joe Locke/vib-key, Jay Anderson/b and Jeff “ Tain” Watts through a collection of nimble originals. His tenor is most mellow when walking with Locke’s vibes on “Animal Intelligence” with him getting romantic in tone on a rich “Real People”. His bass clarinet works through the trudging of “Silky” and with his tenor going into Coltrane mode for a bold “Chaotic Neutral” with the rhythm team busy and nimble on “4th Cycle” and “Bogo”. Flexible forms.