It's taken the best part of 40 years but Khan has finally got around to recording a full-on Latin influenced recording, and, by gum, it's worth the wait. What underwrites this splendid album is the choir of percussion that ebbs and flow beneath Khan's long, mellifluous guitar lines, be it on the ‘Blues Connotation’ which has him and Jackson doubling up lines with a contagious joy or on the samba inflected ‘Bye Yah’ (Monk meets Jobim, a deliriously daft mix). Of course it helps that Khan has long time pals Jackson and Chambers on board, allowing the music to flow with a hipsway swing. There are darker shades too, as on the Martino-like knottiness of ‘Los Gaiteros’ (nice cowbell!) or the blue meditation ‘When She's Not There’. But it's that Latin vibe that enriches this welcome release, even on the inevitably Steely Dan-like groove of ‘Influence Peddler.’