Alto-saxophonist Jim Snidero's previous album, the outgoing and soulful Jubilation, celebrated the legacy of a key influence, Cannonball Adderley. This album dramatically switches mood to reflect on his father's struggle with Parkinson's disease. The Adderley influence remains in the saxophonist's syncopated phrasing, and the vibrato that hovers in a beautifully rounded sound. But now they express anxiety, unease at unwanted visions and moments of tranquillity, the ‘waves of calm’ of the opening title-track. The album begins pensively with single note scale-fragments from pianist Orrin Evans. Mood established, Snidero enters with a bittersweet melody over a gentle bossa nova beat. The saxophonist's phrasing makes the most of the simple lyrical line, an art he repeats on the three ballads that alternate later in the set. ‘Old Folks’ sets the tone with an achingly slow tempo, razor-sharp phrasing and beautiful voicings. The ballads are separated by four mid-tempo compositions featuring in-form trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and the influence of Miles Davis's late 1960s bands. Bassist Nat Reeves switches to funky rhythms, Evans to Fender Rhodes and Pelt and Snidero phrase as one on the dynamic stabs and harsh realities of ‘Truth’ and ‘Visions’. ‘Dad's Song’ delivers warm hearted-harmonies and latin-esque rhythms, while the album closes with the spacious, tempo-changing bustle of ‘Estuary’.