While this is ostensibly a shared session, with pianist Niels Lan Doky, drummer Daniel Humair, bassist Chris Minh Doky and trumpeter Randy Brecker equal participants, it's Brecker's mix of mellow solos, bent notes, slurs and superb statements that dominate the date. While the others play nicely, Brecker's melodic and harmonic inventiveness dominates such songs as "Invitation,""Lover Man" and "Sonnymoon For Two." It's been many years since he's demonstrated such facility and command in a straight jazz setting, and those times he lays out the energy level dips considerably. The results are outstanding when Brecker's featured, and otherwise interesting, but subdued. - Ron Wynn
Tracks
1. Invitation (Bonislaw Kaper/Paul Francis)
2. Blue 'N' Boogie (Dizzy Gillespie/Frank Paparelli)
3. Lover Man (Jimmy Davis/Roger Ramirez/Jimmy Sherman)
4. Sonnymoon for Two (Sonny Rollins)
5. Dreams (Niels Lan Doky)
6. Secret Love
7. Someday My Price Will Come (Frank Churchill/Larry Morey)
NIELS LAN DOKY piano
RANDY BRECKER trumpet
DANIEL HUMAIR drums
CHRIS MINH DOKY bass
Soul Note – 121206-2