On A Boston Night
Refreshing avant bop where compositional ingenuity yields well-constructured tunes tinged with wit. Players course through cohesive though slightly odd metered formats ("First Dance") and less structured spacey chamber music type numbers ("Echoes of Rome"). Molinari acts as rhythmic anchor but lets his mates sail away when necessary. There are heavy shades of Mingus and hints of John Scofield, but the music is best when those guys do their own off-kilter thing.
- Deni Kasrel
