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The band's real chops--and they have plenty--don't really surface until Mason's "Rio Rush," when each of the players finally stretches out. East proffers some entertaining scat singing on "Piece of My Heart" (not the Janis Joplin version), and the final three tracks--an easy grooving "Slow Slide," the rhythmically quirky "Vest Pocket" and Carton's aptly titled "Swamp Jazz" reveal, however briefly, the essential skills of this all-star ensemble. --The Los Angeles Times