“In addition to being actual collaborators, Jakob Bro and Paul Motian were very much musically birds-of-a-feather, with their talent for commingling tranquility and chaos being just one similarity. Crafting melodies that cut to the heart is another. These are the two qualities that predominantly inform the latest from Bro, performing some original pieces and some from the departed collaborator. The guitarist—joined by saxophonists Chris Cheek and Jesper Zeuthen; pianist Craig Taborn; double bassists Larry Grenadier and Anders Christensen; and drummers Marcus Gilmore and Brian Blade—carried the live performance energy of a week-long residency at the Village Vanguard into the studio for this recording.