Their sweet spot is a 21st Century appreciation for the grooves ‘60s and ‘70s jazz and funk. Their cover of Ronnie Laws’ 1975 R&B-jazz gem “Tidal Wave” includes a few bars of one of the many rap joints that sampled it—Black Moon’s “Who Got the Props?”—and is streamlined so that Marcus Tenney’s horns give off the vibe of the classic discs Freddie Hubbard and Stanley Turrentine cut for CTI in the ‘70s.
