Cellist
David Darling, best known at the time for his long stint with
Paul Winter's Consort, mostly performs spacy ballads on this ECM release. Teamed up in different combinations (three unaccompanied solos, a duet, two trios and a quintet number) with
Collin Walcott (who doubles on sitar and tabla), pianist
Steve Kuhn,
Jan Garbarek (on tenor and soprano), acoustic guitarist
Oscar Castro-Neves and bassist
Arild Andersen,
Darling and his sidemen give the music a wide variety of sounds. However, the sleepy mood is very much in the stereotypical ECM mold, making this set mostly of interest for selected tastes. ~ Scott Yanow