Perfection

This 2016 trio session turned out to be pianist Geri Allen’s final recording — she died in 2017 — but the feeling throughout is joyous and celebratory, the sound of three musicians feeling their individual and collective power, particularly Terri Lyne Carrington, who’s one of the hardest-hitting drummers around. On a version of Ornette Coleman’s “Perfection,” they’re joined by trumpeter Wallace Roney, trombonist Craig harris, and bassist Charnett Moffett, but otherwise it’s wall-to-wall power trio action (punctuated by multiple thrilling sax-drums and piano-drums duo passages).