Joy

Benjamin Boone plays alto and soprano sax as he leads a funky team of Bernard Ayisa/ts, Victor Dey/key, Bright Osei/b and Frank Kissi/dr through a set of soulful struts. Sandra Huson adds lovely voice on a handful of the tunes, most notably on the disco ball of "Without You" with Boone's soprano lovely on a tender hearted title track. Osei's fingers do the walking on the upbeat read of Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage" and the team gets a bit klezmatci for the kinetic "Curtain Of Light" and is decked in bright colors for "The Intricacies of Alice". Soul fascinations.