The delicacy that is Audio Caviar will be served up in style on October 23 as the re-released debut CD from the trio who record under that name hits record stores across the USA. Audio Caviar is in fact Earth Wind and Fire original Ralph Johnson, keyboard and flugelhorn player Morris Pleasure and Danish guitarist Steen Kyed. Their CD ‘Transoceanic’ is reported to have come from a project that was conceived in Copenhagen as the vehicle for a traditional jazz ensemble and although it’s difficult to say what happened along the way, something certainly changed. The traditional element has in the main been stripped away in favour of a rich blend of soulful R & B grooves that merge deliciously with Latin and world vibes. What’s more, the depth of this interesting collection is enhanced by guest performances from George Duke, Marcel East, Jonathon Butler and two of Johnson’s EW & F sidekicks, Philip Bailey and Verdine White. Although the ‘seventeen tracks’ mask one bonus track plus four ‘interludes’ of one minute or less, several exceptional cuts are buried within. Consequently, the overall variety of the album, although difficult to characterize, makes for delightful listening.