ANOTHER LIFETIME

I reluctantly gave his previous album "Symbiosis" 4 stars feeling it was a 3.5 star album but bumping it up. Can't do it with this one, in fact 3 stars seems right. We get the guitarist back from the previous record which is fine but I was hoping the sax player wasn't the other one. He was. He plays such a smooth style and the keyboards on here bug me unlike on "Symbiosis". Okay all this to justify my rating, but I'm happy with the rating, not so much the album. With the album cover and pictures of him in the liners I was thinking he might be hoping to get discovered or something. I mean the pose with him holding his chin is breathtaking. Hey we get Anthony Jackson on bass and he really impressed me, very upfront too in the sound. Can't really pick a favourite track. The nine tracks range from about 6 minutes to 8 minutes in length. Obviously well played but I'm just not digging this one.