Though he's been airing an outsized talent for four decades now, Steve Khan remains comparatively unknown over here. You've no doubt heard of his father – the great US lyricist Sammy Cahn – but guitarist Khan's exploration of fusion and, increasingly, latin jazz sounds may have escaped your notice. Not that he's an unknown quantity among musicians – he's worked with everyone from Weather Report to Jack DeJohnette, with Steely Dan and Billy Joel thrown in for good measure – so it comes as little surprise to find the likes of Randy Brecker and Rob Mounsey turning up as guests on his new, heavily percussive, largely covers-based set. Things get underway with a deliciously lithe and limber take on Ornette Coleman's ‘Bird Food’, which benefits from a great Brecker flugelhorn break, and continue on their merry way via Freddie Hubbard's ‘Baraka Sasa’ and Thelonious Monk's ‘Hackensack’. The originals are worth hearing too. ‘Cada Gota de Mar’ is a dip into the Colombian Vallenato (popular folk) idiom co-written with guest vocalist Mariana Ingold, while the epic ‘Bait and Switch’ brings proceedings to a cha-cha-cha-ing close.