Perhaps best known for his 1960s work with Bobby Hutcherson, saxophonist Land renewed the partnership here on this hard and funky session that built a coherent bridge between Coltrane, Eddie Harris and James Brown. The structures are largely modal but the bubbling, kinetic backbeat provided by the heavenly drumming of Ndugu or Woody Theus makes an impact from the outset. The horn and vibraphone unison work is outstanding and as sensitive in places as it was on previous Land-Hutcherson recordings, but the sheer combustion of the band on the uptempo tracks is really quite something. To put this music in a wider context, it is appropriate to say that the moody electro-acoustic sound is not a million miles away from the sharp end of independent American jazz of the late 1960s and early 70s. In other words, devotees of labels such as Strata East, Tribe and Black Jazz should find their spirits well and truly raised by this fiery offering.