You can find this album on at least three streaming services at the moment in its entirety. But Connect is more a vinyl listen. It has that burnished glow to it and of course with hard bop stamped through it like a stick of rock it belongs more to the 1960s or even the 50s in nature. Just four tracks, but they say a lot, the skill here is how Tolliver's trumpet and the saxophone of Jesse Davis or Binker Golding meld and gain plenty of traction courtesy of the congenial rhythm section. There is clear navigation through all the tunes, it's a beginning, middle and end sort of record and certainly a comforting listen. You won't be grasping to find familiar sounds, they are all here. This record will do much to act as reminder of the often forgotten Tolliver as a formidable player in his own right not just for his achievements running Strata East or distant sideman days. Currently streaming via Bandcamp, YouTube and Spotify.