Johnson revisited his "Third Stream" experiments from the 1950s and '60s, blending jazz improvisation with formal classical structures.
The tracks range from "starkly beautiful ballads" to "feisty Latin-tingled grooves" and "brisk bebop excursions".
The album includes rigorous compositions like the angular Bartók tribute " Canonn for Bela " and the joyous " If I Hit the Lottery ". Critical Reception