Pine continued to cement himself tightly within the Marsalis cartel here, associating with the likes of alumni
Kenny Kirkland (piano),
Charnett Moffett (bass) and Jeff Watts (drums), with
Delfeayo Marsalis again at the production console. This could almost pass as a
Branford Marsalis acoustic album; Pine's virtuosity and fluency on tenor and soprano and admiration of
John Coltrane run virtually parallel to Branford's acoustic pursuits (as things transpired later,
Pine would also display the same renegade eclectic curiosity as the eldest
Marsalis brother). In addition to his own tunes -- including the screwball "A Raggamuffin and His Lance" --
Pine explores Ornette Coleman's "Una Muy Bonita" with a touch of Ornette terseness in his rhetoric, and does a dazzlingly swift turn on Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee..." ~ Richard S. Ginell