MUSIC REVIEW BY George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Sounds inspired by the Modern Jazz Quartet are delivered by the trio of Ben Markley/p, Seth Lewis/b, Andrew Wheelock/dr and guest Steve Nelson/vibes. The comparison to the MJQ is inevitable, but the sound hear has a bit more muscle as on a bopping take of Horace Silver's "Cape V erdean Blues" and the journey of Wheeler's "Hope" that builds up to a dramatic climax after featuring each teammate in the spotlight. Wheelock's brushes waft on the clean and easy post bopper " Ben's "Tune", Markley and Lewis lurk around "Closing Time" and the rhythm section gives a hip pulse for " Fantasy For Cede", with Nelson fitting in well hear, and featured on a glowing read of "Old Folks". Jazz Progressions.
