Shaw’s sound is in the same vein as Robert Glasper (who plays piano on this recording) and Marcus Strickland. It is a distinctly new sound that I’ve tried to describe in other reviews. Shaw’s music has less of the electric component thanks to Glasper sticking to piano only. But there is a guitar, and that adds an almost ethereal quality to several cuts. Shaw’s playing is definitely “on” and he shines as a composer as well, contributing 8 originals to this outing. This one gets a strong “thumbs up”!
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