This came out in 2000 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Given the title of this disc, it’s probably safe to assume this New York jazz foursome aren’t a superstitious bunch. And no wonder; their luck is holding out pretty well so far.
The quartet — playing sax, trumpet, guitar and drums — have one foot in the traditional field of written tunes and the other in the anything-goes realm of improvisation. Here, you get the best of both worlds — and without any seams. Presumably beginning with at least partial arrangements, the Other guys jam their way through these baker’s dozen grooves live in the studio, roaming with ease from funky syncopation to breezy jazz to Zappaesque kookiness to frenzied bop, always landing on their feet as surely as a cat. No wonder they’re so karmically confident; one listen tells you there’s no luck at work here — just skill, inspiration and perspiration.