This set is a little different than most ECM releases, because the trio (guitarist
John Abercrombie, organist
Dan Wall and drummer
Adam Nussbaum) performs a couple of fairly straight-ahead standards -- "You and the Night and the Music" and "Long Ago and Far Away" -- in addition to six originals, including
Wall's rhythmic "Bo Diddy." Not sounding at all like a typical soul-jazz organ group, these musicians take more advanced improvisations, with
Wall (whose accompaniment of
Abercrombie is quite atmospheric) emerging as the top soloist. ~ Scott Yanow