Cindy Blackman has been touted as "one of the hottest drummers in the business", by the Star-Gazzette and hailed as one of the top drummers in the world. She's upheld the backbeat and created texture for a varitable "Who's Who" in jazz: Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Don Pullen, Hugh Masekela, Pharaoh Sanders, Sam Rivers, Cassandra Wilson, Angela Bofill, Bill Laswell, Buckethead...and the list goes on. This, her third recording for HighNote, finds her playing at its richest and most well-integrated. As the highly conscious drummer for rocker Lenny Kravitz, Cindy has developed a loyal following which transcends the jazz boundaries. Lenny is actually having Cindy and her jazz colleagues open for him on his personal appearances so Cindy's jazz persona will definitely be in the limelight. With her colleagues J.D. Allen, Carlton Holmes and George Mitchell, Cindy offers a program of standards and originals bound together into one work of art with a leitmotiv of interludes composed especially for the album.

Cindy Blackman- Drums; J.D. Allen- Tenor Saxophone; Carlton Holmes- piano; George Mitchell- bass

Tracks: My Funny Valentine; Call to the Ancestors (Main Theme/ Interludes 1 & 2); Someday My Prince Will Come; Walkin'; Heaven Sent; Eternal Justice; Peebow's Vibe; Glass Slippers; Paradise Island.

 Someday My Prince Will Come

 Walkin'

 Peebow's Vibe

 Glass Slippers