Time Never Pauses

Guitarist Hans Luchs leads an impressive and flexible team with Shaun Johnson/tp, Stu Mondeman/p, George Fludas/dr and Clark Sommers/b through a mix of originals and covers. His touch is lovely and delicate on his read of Duke Ellington's meditative "Come Sunday" and melancholic "Get Out of Town" by Cole Porter. The mix of trumpet and horn shows its ability to handle hairpin turns on the clever "Der Lumenmeister" while the two rev their engines well on "Taylor Street Swing" and "Tuesday Night Delivery." Luchs shows his inspiration from Grant Green on the spry "Green DeLuchs" and the rhythm team flexes its muscles on "30 rue Des Martyrs." Impressive!