This album was already in the works at the time of Corea’s sudden and unexpected death on 9 February 2021. On it, Corea contributes liner notes where he refers to a two day whirlwind when the trio was reconvened in January 2018 after a long break for a quick rehearsal and two shows the following evening.

This two-CD set is the result. The opening track, ‘Morning Sprite’ betrays, perhaps, a sense of feeling their way back into the three-way relationship that was the high spot of their two previous albums, Akoustic Band and Alive but by ‘Rhumba Flamenco’ and ‘Summer Night’ the trio is in the zone, with imaginative recastings of ‘On Green Dolphin Street’, ‘Humpty Dumpty’, ‘Monk’s Mood’ and ‘You and the Night and the Music’ that are stellar highlights.

The warmth of Corea’s liner notes about his fellow players does suggest, perhaps, this ensemble really should have recorded and played more together – as their exuberant performance of ‘Rhumba Flamenco’ attests.