Ordinarily, an album dedicated to quiet musing gets boring in a hurry, but this is one terrific exception. Mr. Pelt is clearly hearkening the ghosts of Miles and Gil on this CD, but his tone, note choice, and overall taste establishes his own creative genius. Some of the cuts are supplemented by a string quartet that doesn't get too maudlin, and the rest is bolstered by the grand playing of Mulgrew Miller on piano, Ted Washington on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums. I have tried to make this CD serve as mere background music, but Pelt's solos always make me listen--he plays like he is searching for romantic Nirvana.
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