The members of Western Wind, four men and two women, share an incredible depth of experience and scholarship. Combine that a musical sensitivity that embraces almost any genre, and the result is a 'musical history tour.' Beginning with the medieval, the group includes Rennaissance polyphony, African-American spirituals and Duke Ellington swing on their journey. 'Dolcissimo Uscignolo' and 'L'Amfiparnaso' border on the operatic. Philip Glass' 'Vessels' (Glass is a contemporary composer of some repute) takes as a central concept a repetitive series of intervals, minor second, major second, minor third, though not in that order, juxtaposed against an arpeggiated scale or repeated tone, conveying a marvelous sense of energy, upward movement and growth. Fifties doo-wop takes a turn with 'Sh'boom, Life Could Be A Dream,' though the vocal style is much too refined to resemble the original version(s). Four tracks have minimal accompaniment.