Known for his soulful contemporary weaving of jazz and new age music, with such notable recent recordings on the EverSound label (Everlasting & Shadow Crossing), Curtis Macdonald’s newest collection of instrumentals are a fusion of post war jazz standards and modern day electronica. Echoing the melodic, harmonic and improvisational influence of Bill Evans with a dash of Vince Guaraldi and with today’s electronica melding into every know genre, a slight dusting of Esquivel, Curtis Macdonald’s “Cheshire Moon” is a hint of retro but with a much hipper attitude. These 7 jazz waltzes (and one in 5\u002F4) are in traditional jazz trio instrumentation, acoustic piano, up-right bass, and brushed drums. Transparent electronica caress each arrangement to create a modern spin on a classic approach. Harking back to the day of age when long melodic sentences and a common A-B-A form were a West Coast Jazz tradition, Macdonald’s take is original in essence and his signature lyrical improvised piano solos compliment the charact