This review is from: Cerebral Caverns (Audio CD) "Cerebral Caverns" is an outstanding 90s album made by some of the great jazz names of the 60s. Bassist Reggie Workman, who gained fame as a member of John Coltrane's quartet and as a sideman on some classic Blue Note albums of the 60s, has assembled an all-star group featuring some great players who first made their names in the 60s -- Sam Rivers, Julian Priester and Al Foster -- and some great players of the 80s and 90s -- Gerry Hemingway and Geri Allen. "Cerebral Caverns" alternates between spacious, Middle Eastern-tinged soundscapes like "Cerebral Caverns," "Ballad Explorations" and "Seasonal Elements," largely due to the inclusion of tabla player Tapan Hudak and harpist Elizabeth Ranzer, and modern jazz explorations like "Fast Forward," "Half Of My Soul" and "Evolution." It is quite refreshing to see that Workman, who helped forge the new sound in the 60s on the seminal Coltrane Village Vanguard recordings, is still exploring jazz's future almost forty years later.