Bassist Nikos Chatzisakos leads a flexible semi-big band of 11 members with clever arrangements of swinging jazz standards. The team of Robert Mac Vega-Dowda-Will Mallard/tp, Eric Nakanishi/as-ss, Art Baden/ts, Brandon Lin/tb, Gabriel Nekruthman/bs, Marco Birro/p and Karol Zabka/dr are mixed and matched with Gianmaraco Ferri/g, Vid Jamnik/vib and Lian Zac/voc. Zac bops cleverly on an angular take of “In The Land of Oo-Bla-Dee”, hums through a pulsating “I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face” and swings with Ferri on a hip take of “Social Call”. Chatzitsakos leads into a tasty “Lined With A Groove” and lets Baden and Vega-Dowda strut through “Tenderly” while the horns give a pulsating Afro Cuban feel to “Willow Weep For Me”. Flavorful forms.