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Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising—on campus as well as nationally. How did this happen?

Alto-saxophonist Jared Sims leads his six-piece combo through the half dozen cuts here on a set full of drive and energy. The rapid fire ‘Offerings’ finds keys and sax vying battling with the urgent drums, ‘Forces’ is sharply angular with a bluesy B-line giving the track a swagger while ‘Prophesy’ is a more improvised effort with each player given the freedom to sketch their lines at will. The slow, languid ‘Spirit’ is a ponderous number that has an East-African feel, the keys dripping in as the sax searches for a motif while ‘Gifts’ struts through with a funky groove underpinned by those crashing drums. Good set.