Mirage

Pianist Andrew Moorhead explores a panoply of colors on this wide ranging collection of his own tunes with Francois Moutin/b and Ari Hoenig/dr. Each song has its own concept feel and language, with raindrops dropping on the window in Chopinesque fashion on the probing "Faster Etude" to some dark and prismatic reflections on the angular "Slower Etude". Moutin does some rich jousting with the leder on the elegant title track, and the three play a kind of peek a boo with space and sounds before coalescing into a sprint on "Phased Voice". Moorhead's chords jaunt through a joyful "Intro Tune", ripple over the rustling support of "Intervals" and gives a pegleg mix of blues and Monk on his "Boogie".

Contrary to the title, this guy's got clear visions.