JAZZ / ALBUM REVIEWS

RALPH MOORE “Furthermore” Landmark

This outstanding package is every bit as compelling as its predecessor, tenorist/composer Moore’s “Images.” Alternating between a quartet and a quintet--with trumpet-giant-in-training Roy Hargrove the other horn--Moore plays mostly originals by himself and his sidemen (Hargrove and the keeps-getting-better pianist Benny Green, the latter a returnee from “Images”). The leader investigates this material with a deceptive edge--his sweet yet fully fleshed-out sound gives a pretty touch to his hardest driving stuff--given plenty of help by the empathetic rhythm teams. Moore’s “Hopscotch” and “Line D” are both bristling cookers (the latter has a Coltrane-ish flair) and provide contrast to Hargrove’s moody and atmospheric “‘After Dawn” and Green’s bubbly “Phoebe’s Samba.”