With every new Jeremy Pelt album, there's always something different to look forward to. This is the follow-up to the recently reviewed Jiveculture which featured Ron Carter. This time around he uses Victor Gould on piano, whose leader debut CD on FSNT made this writer's ‘Best of…’ list for 2016; Vincente Archer, one of New York's major bassists; Jonathan Barber, a highly rhythmic drummer, whom Pelt used for European dates (very loud in person!), whose feature number is ‘Evolution’, probably the most adventurous of the originals; and, as an additional stimulant, his young percussionist discovery Jacquelene Acevado, who kicks off the record with a prologue for the melodically exciting title tune. Another big difference to Jiveculture is that Jeremy wrote all the tunes, with the exception of ‘Digression’ (Archer's feature), which is by a Pelt associate, pianist Simona Premazzi, and one of the album's high-spots. But it's Jeremy's record, with arguably his best trumpet playing to date. For once, no fluegelhorn. His sound is robustly flawless – very pure and, of course, there's a lovely ballad ‘Your First Touch…’, which has some equally tender Gould piano. Two of the most satisfying tracks are saved until the end – the ultra-mellow, conga-backed ‘Chateau d'Eau’ and the closing hard-hitting belter, ‘Bodega Social’. There are some really terrific trumpet records around at the moment, like the Roney, Weiss and Harrell/Akinmusire. Here's another corker! If you can, try and buy them all!