Modern jazz from the USA has always been characterized by a very special precision in sound and groove, which includes not only accuracy, but also an attitude to life, enormous virtuosity and an unbridled desire to make music, almost a physical urge to do so. Walter Smith III is a representative of this kind of jazz with every vein of his body, just like his fellow musicians. The way this band around Walter Smith III masters their instruments, how they glide along in sprawling solos over complicated harmonies and almost incomprehensible, yet grounded rhythms, only to celebrate an intimate ballad atmosphere in the next moment, simply leaves you with amazement.

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