It’s tempting to analyze music in terms of discernible influences, genres, and styles. Creative musicians bring everything to the mix, so you may well hear flavors of The Pat Metheny Group, Weather Report, Steely Dan – or the Honkyoku Shakuhachi of Yamaguchi Goro – in this music. But it’s the quirky, swirling, grooves that Grant, Gabe, and Jeff conjure that capture you and demand repeated listenings. Always the master of the offbeat – and frequently spiritual – lyric, Jeff plants poetic seeds in your mind that will continue to germinate, grow, and bloom for years. Check out the upbeat shuffle of “Maybe she loves me” for a smooth jazz vibe, or the Latin rhythms of Pearl, featuring the creamy dreamy vocals of Makeda Rose. But for me, the quintessential Vektur piece is “Reaching , with its quirky polyrhythms and meters, unexpected fills and solos, and counterpoint vocals. As Jeff sings: “I’m reaching” – for some part of the cosmic song that is both familiar and never-before-heard.