What I Meant to Say

Pianist and composer Steve Million creates an impressionistic album with cool toned guitarist Steve Cardenas and the support pulse of John Sims/b and Ron Vincent/dr. Cardenas shows his homage to the ECM sounds of guitar legend John Abercrombie as he works with Sims on "Waltz For Mr. Abercrombie" and solos well on Vincent's upbeat pace on "Situations". Million is delcate on "Azusa Dreams" and darkly pretty for "Open The Book", bringing a Debussy feel on "The Company". Vincent's brushes work well on the samba'd title tune and Sims dances over them on the thoughtful "Missing Page". Rich pastels.