Saxophonist and guitarist team up for the relaxing, stylistically expansive 2015 effort . The album follows up the duo's previous collaboration, 2012's , which featured production from and showcased their synergistic musical creativity throughout. This time out, they share production duties on nine original compositions and one cover, an expressive Latin jazz reading of pianist 's "Lucky Southern." Here, they are joined by esteemed bassist as well as drummer and percussionist . While certainly fits nicely into the smooth jazz genre, there's something deeply thoughtful, organic, and probing about the music and make together. These are languid, textural productions that cross the boundaries between groove-oriented jazz, atmospheric new age, and exuberant electric fusion. Cuts like the evocative leadoff "Westward" and the dreamy, introspective "Crossing" set the album's mood, with 's delicately arpeggiated guitar riffs complemented by 's supple saxophone melodies. While the full group tracks are superb, the inventive duo tracks impress the most. On the flamenco-infused "Puentes," creatively employs his saxophone keys as a percussion instrument, weaving the airy, woody rhythm into 's own percussive acoustic guitar motif. then overdubs a second lead melody line against that harmonic bed, and it all works so beautifully that you'd never guess it wasn't all played live. Elsewhere, they dive headlong into the swinging '60s jazz-funk of "Last Minute Blues," dance their way through the aforementioned "Lucky Southern," and take a meditative drive toward the horizon on the -influenced "Sun Rays." ~ Matt Collar