
The 2010 CD ‘Urban Vacation’ from Norwegian born saxophonist Terje Lie was notable for many reasons, not least of which being the various writing (and performing) permutations of Lie, Yellowjackets mainstay Jimmy Halsip and contemporary jazz icon Jeff Lorber. Consequently when the follow-up, ‘Bright Moments’, hit the streets it was a delight to find that Haslip and Lorber were again on board. Not only that, with the likes of elite session men Tony Moore, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Novak, Lenny Castro, Michael Landau, Michael Thompson, Marlon McClain, and Jeff Richman also in the line-up, it was a sure fire certainty that the seriously jazzy ‘Bright Moments’ would indeed be something special.