You really have to put aside all expectation of finding familiar paths to follow when listening to Joe Lovano's music nowadays. Like most of his recent work, these 11 pieces are open and discursive in form, with a kind of generic world music flavour. Once you tune into it, the journey can be fascinating. As well as the tenor saxophone, of which he is an acknowledged master, he also plays a new variant, the G mezzo soprano, which has a haunting sound not unlike a cor anglais. Also outstanding here are pianist James Weidman, bassist Esperanza Spalding and drummers Otis Brown III and Francisco Mela.