Commissioned by the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts of Michigan State Univ., this album is comprised of nine movements, each of which deals with a different musical theme forming the basis for improvisation by Taylor, joined by Chip Jackson on bass & Winard Harper on drums.

Tracklist:

1 Local Color / Can You Dig It?

2 Reclamation

3 Gracias Chucho

4 Etude

5 Conversion

6 Spoken

7 In Loving Memory

8 Like a Heartbeat

9 Invention / Looking For Another Theme

10 Transformation

11 A Duke-Ish Blues