UNTIL—Robin Kenyatta. (VorteX 2005)

Until: Kenyatta, alto sax; Fred Simmons, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Horace Arnold, drums.

This Year; Little Blue Devil: same plus Mike Lawrence on trumpet.

Yon Know How We Do: Kenyatta, Lawrence, Booker, Arnold, plus Roswell Rudd; trombone; Lewis Worrell, bass; Archie Lee, percussion.

I’ve been trying to think of a word to describe Kenyatta’s sound, and all I’ve come up with is saccharine, which is pretty close. But saccharine sounds, derisive and Kenyatta’s sound is pleasant to the ear (which may also sound derisive to some people). Anyway, the sound is very sweet title tune, a ballad by Barry Miles, many of the notes squeezed out—oooOGuWA. Onomatopoetic words don’t do it justice. The tune itself is pleasant and the effect relaxing. This is very good to listen to when you’re at peace with your body,