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Especially since we can't safely determine price to order from CDJapan.  I would have bought the Hannibal and Harper from them pre-tariff.

1 – Highly enjoyable, especially enjoying the bass player and piano.    **** 2 – Funkier than I’m used to from Dan!  Electric sax(es) wear, as does wah-wah guitar Composition and arrangement don’t anything for me.  Dave Sanborn? * 3 – Things ain’t what they used to be, indeed!   Back on the enjoyable good foot.  ***1/2 4 – All the things you are.  I like the bass player, but the whole thing is pretty ragged, though still enjoyable ***1/2 5 – Who Can I Turn To.  Nicely done all around, love the pianist’s work!  Enjoyed the guitar. **** 6 – Things… again.  Good blues playing, but I enjoyed the approach on the first version more. *** 7 – Killer!  This is the one cut I need if I don’t already own it!  I should be able to ID the song, but am going blank on the title.  I bet the whole album is good.  ****1/2 8 – Who Can I Turn To, in a comatose version.   Not doing well with this cut and especially this tenor player, though it’s probably someone you love.  Sorry.  ** 9 – All The Things You Are, slowed down and on clarinet.  I like this tune fast, though I don’t hate on this the way I did the previous cut.  But I also don’t need to hear it again.  **1/2 10 – See comments to #2, although at least the sax isn’t electrified, and the conga solo is kind of cool.  *1/2 No artist ID’s, a range of responses, and I look forward to the reveals on my favorite cuts (1,5,7 especially, but also 3,4), and I expect I have one or two of them on the shelves already. Have a safe and prosperous 2026, my friend!

I bought that same Harper album in my preorder. It's a really good one! Due to the ongoing demise of the CD medium, most of my CD purchases are now Japanese imports. Pricey, but I'm buying fewer.

I don't know that he "floats over" the time as much as he does play in it at different spots than most people find. The only way to do that is to have complete awareness of the time internally. Same thing with totality. He can slip in and out of it at will. At will. His Steeplechase albums usually focus on standard repertoire and more traditional rhythm sections, so it might be easier to hear how that all plays out (no pun intended) there.    

thanks so much, really enjoyed your responses! Thank you, HNY, glad I could introduce you to some new stuff!  Grab that Hannibal album (and the Santana! Thanks Tom.  I've had Callier on two other BFT's ("Dancing Girl" and "Alley-Wind Song", but it's been a couple of years.  I knew I would eventually use all three songs, so stretched them out across years. As per Cowell, I whiff on cuts I already own all the time on BFT's! 🥲   'Caravanserai' is my favorite album in the whole world, ever, by anybody!   Glad you got the Hannibal - I also bought it pre-order from Da Bastids, along with Billy Harper's 'Trying to Make Heaven My Home'.  Both were pricey, but were dream-come-true CD  releases.  Agreed on Alicia Keys, this and 'Fallin' from her first album are the only two songs by her that stick with me.