Guitarist and bandleader GREG SANDERS draws on everything from contemporary jazz and R&B to rhythms and grooves from around the world, revealing a real gift as a composer. "Imagine More," his meaningful second album, is now complete — the fruit of his determination to keep playing and creating while living with a chronic, hard-to-treat illness (ME/CFS), suffused with lyricism and intelligence in the face of absurdity and, above all, with joy. Tenor sax, bass, guitar and drums each get room to show their personality, and the tones throughout are full of allure. From "Imagine More," with its whiff of Ghanaian highlife, to the Brazilian ijexá-flavored "To Friends," this is a captivating jazz session that pulls color from a wide rhythmic palette. (Original Japanese text by Akie)