After leading the Tonight Show With Jay Leno band on television for 15 years, the ebullient master guitarist re-emerged in the jazz scene with his first Mack Avenue album, Zen Food, in 2010. Now, as then, he's joined here on drums by his old Tonight comrade Marvin 'Smitty' Smith, and on reeds by one-time Jazz Messenger and now Berklee professor Bill Pierce. There are no keyboards, but there are guest spots for elder brother Robin Eubanks on trombone and younger brother Duane on trumpet. There are plenty of fast and funky tracks where Eubanks really gets up to speed, but he shows his quieter side too: 'Loved Ones' is a guitar solo that's simply gorgeous.
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