A Different Light, the new album from jazz artist Carl Clements, is as ever-changing as the sky itself. The permutations, the overlaps, the gradations from one moment to the next, are as imperceptible as the day-to-night (or night-to-day) transition that occurs every 24 hours. In other words, these songs make perfect sense and offer profound truths… as long as the listener is willing to hear them.

The album offers a variety of aproaches—many based on world music traditions—that establish a musical language of action and reaction. The musicians—Carl Clements (saxophone), Chase Morrin (piano), Bruno Raberg (bass, acoustic), and Gen Yoshimura (drums)—are all given many opportunities to exceed the usual expectations. Working with a collection of refreshingly intuitive compositions, they find endless moments to invent and reinvent.