The Greg Foat Group has a lot of well-deserved fans at this point and this new album is going to do nothing to change that. Blue Lotus on Blue Crystal Records features Art Themen on Soprano saxophone as well as Morgan Simpson from Black Midi on drums. As well as the wispy and melancholic sax leads you would expect, plenty of shimmering drums and icy percussive sounds make each of these cuts darkly alluring and soulful, with heavy synth additions and masterfully percussive grooves transporting you into an alluring, soulful world of pensive spiritual jazz.