The longest song on the album, the six-minute "Fast Forward" muses about generation gaps and modern life, how "Everyone is a genius, but no one has any friends," all amid a yearning Regina Carter violin solo. The returning Graham Maby, Jackson's longtime bass player, and drummer Brian Blade complete a dream team. [...] the quartet of tunes recorded in New Orleans with members of Galactic glides by with power and plenty of local zest, even if it's Beethoven being quoted instead of Professor Longhair on "Ode To Joy."