The ear in the title is certainly well-tuned here – as this trio plays with all sorts of wonderfully sensitive sounds – a sublime combination of the bass of Joelle Leandre, piano of Craig Taborn, and viola of Mat Maneri! The record resonates with a lot of those qualities we love from some of Leandre's sessions as a leader – that sort of gentle but powerful way of exploring subtle sonic space, which Taborn matches with an incredibly evocative performance on piano – moody in all the right ways, and matched with understated viola from Maneri. The set features seven improvised tracks of varied length – titled "h", "E", "A", "R", "o", "e", and "s". CD