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The most memorable and unusual quality that pianist Marc Cary's release has are the complex rhythms (sometimes two or three at once) on some of the selections. Otherwise, this is essentially a modern hard bop album with fine solos from trumpeter Terell Stafford (formerly with Bobby Watson), tenor saxophonist Ron Blake (associated with Roy Hargrove), Cary and occasionally flutist Yarbrough Charles Laws. With the exception of a song apiece by Laws, Parson, Blake and Abbey Lincoln ("Throw It Away"), all of the selections are by Marc Cary, who is best known for his important stints with Betty Carter, Art Taylor, Roy Hargrove and Abbey Lincoln. While some of the songs swing conventionally (including such attractive originals as "Mr. Lucky" and "Conditional Statement"), it is the offbeat tunes, such as "New Blues" (on which the melody statement by the horns seems almost rhythmically independent from the rhythm section), the Ahmad Jamal-like groove of "Throw It Away" and the rapid "Fallacy," that stick in one's mind afterwards. A fine outing.