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The apple rarely falls far from the tree. Witness drummer George Schuller and his bass-wielding brother Ed. They're scholar and composer Gunther Schuller's offspring, and they display their father's wonderment at the varieties of musical experience. No doubt, this is a far jazzier CD than anything else. But it's unusually searching in its rhythms, where Ed manages pedal point, stop time, and untold odd effects to color the proceedings as long-heralded Boston-based sax wonder George Garzone and his reeds-mate Tony Malaby play it breathy and then riff hard and then careen to the outer realms. Ornette Coleman's "Free" opens the session, and from there the band thickens, favoring a rich middle where solos and melodies change faces quickly, integrating bop elements with soulful segues and punching energy. This is a potent recording, full with moments where the ears discover new things almost by the minute. --Andrew Bartlett