After two albums and years of onstage rapport, Italian-American guitarist Michael Felberbaum reunites with Pierre de Bethmann on piano and keyboards, Gabriel Midon on double bass, and Jonas Charles on drums—and we’re as excited as when you recognize a favorite old song from the very first seconds.

It promises contemporary jazz that is both sensitive and energetic, catching the ear by surprise, tickling the soul, and delivering some subtle grooves.

With Felberbaum, the music is never just played: it lives, it breathes, and at times it drifts into slightly hypnotic, almost psychedelic zones, where improvisation has as much space as raw emotion.