Mokave Afrique (1994)

For their third offering, Mokave continues to bring music from jazz and world folk perspectives that bend strict labelling. It's Mokave's unique sound borne from the always deft and elegant bass playing of Glen Moore, the melodic, tranquil musings of pianist Larry Karush, and the frame drumming and percussion work of the ever worldly Glen Velez. In their simplest, stripped down compositions, Karush takes the lead through delicate traipsings as during John Abercrombie's "Parable," the folkish lyricism and loping tick tock pace of "Country," or the light boppish paen to Bill Evans via Scott LaFaro's "Gloria's Step."