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Do not confuse this David Gilmore, the jazz guitarist, with David Gilmour from Pink Floyd. Or fine, do confuse them, as I'm sure this David Gilmore and his record company won't mind selling more copies of his very fine music. But if you do that, please don't take out your mistake by submitting a one star review as others have done on his prior albums. It's not his fault you screwed up!
This is a thoroughly enjoyable, straight ahead modern jazz album with Gilmore's (mostly) electric guitar and an accomplished NYC combo of acoustic piano, tenor sax, bass, and drums, plus harmonica and vibes on a couple of cuts, playing compositions by jazz greats like Woody Shaw, Bobbie Hutcherson, Toots Thieleman, and others. Two cuts are Gilmore compositions. I can recommend this with confidence for any fan of straight ahead modern electric guitar jazz. What I mean by "straight ahead" is that it is not jazz fusion or smooth jazz or contempo jazz. Nor is it "retro" in any sense nor is it played as a "standards" album. The recording mines the spectrum of jazz styles, including a bit of fusion and a standard and a touch of gypsy jazz and a bit of avant garde. The album refuses to fall into any one groove, but neither does it come off as a hodge podge of conflicting styles. It flows, exhibiting that jazz is not one thing but many, which partly why it is such an interesting listening experience. Gilmore displays his mastery of the idiom.
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