i am sorry to hear and see the jazz musician whose work i have most enjoyed over the last 6 years (i have some 10 dave douglas cds) has gone on to make an album that seems in all sense hopelessly inferior to anything that he has done before.starting with the artwork. i always admired dave douglas albums for the lovely poetic, dark and underground artwork that accompanied them. the artwork on this album seems just some cheapo, photo-shop manipulated thing with no deeper meaning to it whatsoever.judging from the artwork, i already feared the worst for the music. and indeed, the music is slick and commercial and fails to achieve the beautiful, dark, sensitive atmosphere that usually characterize douglas' work.it's hard to not think that signing up to a big label has had anything to do with it. has douglas sold out?