In 2022, producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist ended a 14-year recording hiatus when he teamed with keyboard ace for the stellar , an instrumental collection of groovers. returned to the studio with top-shelf session players for , a jazz-dance scorcher that ranges across his musical influences -- Afro-Latin and Brazilian rhythms, '70s salsa and uptempo jazz-funk, and fusion -- sequenced like a DJ set. ' cast includes guitarist , pianist , trumpeter , saxophonist , vibraphonist , and bassist , among others. reveals ' desire to create a clutch of classic-sounding jazz-dance tracks he might have spun during DJ sets. He applied the use of modern production techniques to retro sounds and rhythms to propel the music above nostalgic tropes. The opener "Samba Do Sueno" was composed by , one of two covers here. ( cut it first with on 1966's and secondly on his own 1967 classic .) 's guitar playing provides lyric flair and expansive harmonics to the twinning of vibes and son montuno piano above polyrhythmic Latin beats. The storming title cut is finger-popping post-bop fusion for dancers. Led by 's soaring Moog, adds flamenco-tinged trumpet lines and a rhythm collision of congas, timbales, bongos, and a drum kit, guided by 's rippling basslines. "Dinamita" is a smoking exercise in salsa, inspired by the late-'70s Nuyorican version trademarked by the . While the multivalent layers of percussion make this one cook from the jump, it's 's multi-tracked, swinging trumpets that introduce 's fiery montunos. While her left hand drives a rhythmic counterpoint, her right delivers vamps, accents, fills and a thematic center. "Ritmo Picante," another salsa stormer, finds 's electric piano carrying the vamp. Reeds, winds, and brass -- arranged to recall 's classic horn section -- wrap around blistering rhythm tracks framing the melody. The single "Sambara" weds Latin-samba fusion and disco (think mid-'70s and ). The interplay between 's airy jazz guitars, 's rumbling electric bass, and 's wordless chorus vocals creates infectiously airy dance music. "Kitchen (Cosina)" was composed by Brazilian master drummer for 1975's . 's Rhodes offers the lithe melody and strident harmonic vamp atop a jarring batucada rhythm complete with drums, bells, shouts, claps, and whistles. It's followed by the percolating Latinized soul-jazz fusion of "Circuit Break," driven by 's meaty Hammond B-3, 's hip, -esque guitar playing, and ' roaring tenor sax battling for supremacy amid the rhythm chorus. Closer "Lifetimes" is seductively attractive fusion whose rich lyricism recalls the earliest version of 's (with , , and ) meeting mid-period and the in a studio. Ultimately, is a masterful, propulsive journey for the dancefloor that is equally compelling to listen to on repeat. ~ Thom Jurek