With the Grammy-winning composer/pianist Patrice Rushen on hand with guest reedman Gary Bartz and Wallace Roney’s sidemen of choice, Ben Solomon, tenor sax, Buster Williams, bass and Lenny White, drums, the musicians on ‘A Place in Time’ deliver a blisteringly accomplished and creative session.

Wallace Roney’s music is a tough, taut and intransigent continuation of the arcane forms and structured freedoms of Miles Davis’ 1960s quintet. Listeners often associate Roney with Davis, thanks to Roney’s work with the jazz legend early in Roney’s career. But at this point, Davis’ impact on Roney can be considered mostly historic, with Roney’s playing larger in scope, firmer in tone and sharper in attack than Davis’.