One of Europe's best bassists, Mads Vinding has a CV as long as Shaq O’Neal’s arm. Here, he teams up with the up and coming Jean-Michel Pilc/ and the perennially reliable Billy Hart for a collection of elliptical and tangential treatments of standards, along with some harmonically sophisticated originals. Of the former, “Someday My Prince Will Come” and “How Deep is The Ocean” are portrayed with an askance glance giving here and there references to the melody, while skipping along to creative rhythms. Vinding’s bass work on Pilc’s “Sam” shows some rich sonorities, while his feverish fingering on “Summertime” goes through almost every season. His own title track has a dark and nocturnal mood, while he and Pilc get ruminating on “Golden Key.” As modern as the local art museum.” George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
