The primary directive, says Steve, is to swing. And you can swing whether your basic texture is fire—the red-hot rhythm section of CEDAR WALTON, BUSTER WILLIAMS and BILLY HIGGINS—or whether it’s ice—the string group QUARTET INDIGO starring JOHN BLAKE. The newest and greatest album by this master trombonist/arranger/shell-player continues to combine original music with rewritten adaptations of jazz (Duke Ellington, Benny Carter) and pop (Jimmy Van Heusen, Stevie Wonder) standards.