"Live" At The Village Vanguard Gondwana Records This album illustrates the breadth

This album illustrates the breadth and vision that make Empirical such a potent creative force and underlines that longevity in the challenging world of top-tier contemporary jazz is no fluke

Lovano and Motian had been intimate colleagues for many years with their most notable collaboration being the groundbreaking trio featuring Bill Frisell – the lineup released three albums on ECM

pushing into beat driven electronic dimnsions

give these last sessions a more intimate and modern sound

It’s Always Now however brims with arguments that there is a new contender for that title

"Live" At The Village Vanguard Gondwana Records This album illustrates the breadthRecorded at one of Inside Straights annual December sessions at the Village Vanguard in 2014. "McBride has heightened fun into an artform" Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz