John Beasley, Darryl Jones and Ndugu Chancler are seasoned music pros (Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson: you name them, at least one of the trio has played with them), who all passed through the ranks of Miles Davis' various bands at one time or another. Not that this deeply groovy, R&B-centred project – which takes its overarching sonic character from Beasley's inventive use of an arsenal of different keyboards – has much to do with Davis and his musical legacy. Beasley's Afrobeat-buoyed ‘Yabis’ adds Francisco Torres's groovy trombone and Leon Mobley's djembe work, while Grégoire Maret's tender blowing on harmonica broadens the sound palette again on the closing ballad, ‘N2U’. Sy Smith adds soulful vocals on three cuts, including the funked-up ‘Wanna Get Away’, while Jones brings his gravelly vocal charms to his own composition, the Sly Stone-esque ‘Stay’, which has lovely keys work from Beasley. Inessential perhaps, but it's beautifully played and produced, and it makes for a very satisfying low-lit accompaniment to an evening's grooving.