Studies in Momentum [CD]

Studies in Momentum is saxophonist and composer Andrew Rathbun's eleventh album as a leader for SteepleChase. Toronto-born and shaped by years on the New York scene, Rathbun now leads jazz studies at Western Michigan University, but despite the professorial title there is nothing academic here: six new originals written for a hand-picked quintet that plays to every member's strengths.

Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, a friend for more than two decades, records with him for the first time, joined by longtime associates Gary Versace on piano, John Hébert on bass and Rudy Royston on drums.