The trio of bassist
Alain Caron, guitarist
Jean Marie Ecay, and violinist
Didier Lockwood touches on several styles in this diverse CD.
Caron's opener "Gypsy" sounds like an acoustic throwback to the era of
Django Reinhardt and
Stéphane Grappelli, though the CD makes a hard turn into jazz fusion with
Lockwood's easygoing ballad that sounds much like what
Jean-Luc Ponty was doing in the mid-'70s. Then
Caron's funky "Jimmy B-3" takes them elsewhere, in a sassy tribute to organist
Jimmy Smith.
Ecay's lyrical "Take a Waltz" and the delicate"Gris Jour" are also highlights. Only "Amusette" is a bit of a disappointment, as the piece develops slowly, with lots of bland synthesizer behind it.