Pianist and composer Elan Mehler leads a quintet built around song, joining his own writing to some of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music. At the front is Becca Stevens, the whose genre-blurring work has taken her from her own acclaimed records to collaborations with Snarky Puppy, Jacob Collier, and David Crosby. Guitarist Ben Monder, whose layered, orchestral playing has graced the Paul Motian and Maria Schneider bands and David Bowie's Blackstar.  Bassist Max Ridley, a longtime Mehler collaborator, and instrumental component of Ganavya's trioand drummer Rudy Royston, a fixture alongside Bill Frisell and Dave Douglas and countless others.