Born in Baltimore in 1963, Harris studied with Kenny Barron and made it to New York in the mid-1980s. He seems to have covered all parts of the scene since then, working on Broadway and in clubs with everyone from Roswell Rudd and Archie Shepp to tenorist Houston Person who, incidentally produced this new album. It may be this very eclecticism that makes his pianistic voice less than distinctive, even if his playing is fluent and often pleasing.

Harris’ title track made me think of Al Haig: its boppish format enables him to build some welcome momentum, the ace team of Washington and Nash responding capably. Stevie Wonder's ‘Living For The City’ deploys the ‘Freddie Freeloader’ riff as a continuous undertow while Harris's flashy, right-hand figures turn it into a churchy affair, ahead of Nash's rackety solo. Then comes 'Teach Me Tonight’ taken pretty straight, just right for a well-heeled supper club audience, you might say, this followed by further undemanding, near-rhapsodic treatments of ‘The Nearness of You’ and ‘Stardust’, as well as ‘Over The Rainbow’. ‘St Thomas’ gets the juices going, Harris more animated as Nash goes the Crescent City route in his accompaniment. A relaxed version of ‘It's All in The Game’ spins along nicely, ahead of ‘Nat's Blues’ which has a perky theme but not much more.