With the passing last year of Kenny Wheeler, Enrico Rava assumes the mantle of Europe's elder statesman of the trumpet (at 74, he is three years older than Tomasz Stanko), and there is certainly some of Wheeler's exquisite melancholy in the Italian's long and wistful lines. Wild Dance features Rava's current working quartet, young Italians all, augmented by trombonist Gianluca Petrella, and there is strong cohesion and purpose in the group's sound. Guitarist Francesco Diodati's subtle accompaniments leave the harmony more open than would a piano, recalling Rava's classic ECM releases of the late 1970s with guitarist John Abercrombie, and Petrella's trombone provides a subtle foil to the leader's horn. A master of haunted space, artfully blurring the lines between form and formlessness. enricorava.com