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For Tres Muse, Moretti retains just the "Marty squared" rhythm section from Foundations and stretches out a little more in this chordal instrument-free set of eleven Moretti originals. With only a sax, bass and drums, one has the freedom to choose from an abundance of styles to play, or an endless combination of styles. In a recent interview, Moretti was asked to describe his musical style in three words and he replied "soul, latin and swing." There's strains of those music forms present on Tres Muse, and then some.

The record that ushered in a record company of the same name, Foundations is the result of three, like-minded veterans of nearly every style of music imaginable getting together to make music that's fun for them to make. For these three, "fun" is a contemporary minded rendering of the soul-jazz and hard bop found on so many classic Blue Note records. It reminds me a bit of two other artists who are taking similar routes with their music that we've covered here recently: Derrick Gardner and Dave Siebels.