Oceanos

Each a Criss Cross leader, pianist Edward Simon and alto saxophonist David Binney present their first collaborative effort for the label consisting of eight emotion packed, rhythmically vibrant tunes by Binney, Simon, and bassist Scott Colley. Propelled by the extraordinarily nuanced, intuitive playing of Colley and drummer Brian Blade, the instrument-like voice of Luciana Souza, tonal color from guitarist Adam Rogers and brass men Shane Endsley and Alan Ferber, plus percussionist Pernell Saturnino, the co-leaders solo with rigorous compositional sensibility that only serves to highlight the deep soulfulness and virtuosic chops that make them major forces in 21st century jazz.