Under the blinding anvil of the sun, David Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters burned with a compelling Afro intensity.

Murray 's 5-piece group — which features Jaribu Shahid double bass, Herve Sambe guitar, Klod Kiavu and Francois Ladrezeau on Gwo-Ka drums and voices, and T.J. Lewis jazz drums — proceeded to storm the sonic space and speak jubilantly in tongues.

In this latest edition of David Murray's ongoing reclamation project — the bringing together of far-flung musicians of African ancestry — we found the remarkable reedman improvising enthusiastically on folk forms from the Caribbean culture of Guadeloupe.

Thankfully, from out of this thick pounding Afro sizzle, Herve Sambe's bright guitar slashes, ringing chords and a propulsive rhythmic scratching momentarily pull us away from the incredibly assertive musical din of the group.