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Known sometime back for his inspired forays into jazz fusion, Steve Khan of late has turned to Latin jazz and done a terrific job. Now part of the multi-talented Caribbean Jazz Project, on this album he pares down his group setting to himself, Rob Mounsey on keyboards and the terrific Marc Quinones on Latin percussion.

The CD includes three radio edits of some of the longer tracks--which include one tune by Manolo Badrena of the late great Weather Report. The songwriting is smart and tasteful, a great listening album for those who enjoy well-done American ventures into the flavors of Latin jazz. While Paquito Rivera's sax and Dave Samuels' vibes--both of Caribbean Jazz Project--are not in evidence, the sparser instrumentation here gives the three musicians more room to stretch out and develop the tunes' intricacies.

Highly recommended.

If you Like/Love (as I do) the Pat Methany L.P.s "Letter from home / Still Life / We live here / or Secret Story" You'll Love this L.P. !!! It has shades of all the same components as these other CD's. Too bad he dosen't do more like this! Not to say more that the other fans of this album have already covered.

I can't say enough about this record, or about Mssrs. Khan & Mounsey's other previous release, "Local Color". The track "Viajar y Viajar" (which unfortunately isn't available on Amazon as a sample) is worth ten times the price of the record alone. Buy it.

Mssr's Khan and Mounsey have outdone themselves with this album. It's Khan's best effort since Public Access. I can't rate it highly enough, just buy it. This is also an incredibly well produced recording. Sonically, I believe it's the best non-classical album I have. An audiophile's delight!