Over three long tracks they fire off volleys of multi-percussion commotion between solemnly lamenting or street-strutting written parts for mellow brass and reeds, while reflective passages explore musing solo-sax improv nudged by tuba throbs and brittle drumwork.
Written with insight and compassion, not to mention biting wit, it shines a clarifying light into some of life's darker passages, exploring how people endure the unendurable, and not only survive but also move forward through their blighted lives with sustaining measures of hope, love and good humor.
Even close to the end, in Time Regained, a memorable passage explores the ways in which heretical minority views – such as speaking up for Jewish "traitor" Dreyfus – in hindsight become what every respectable person has always believed.
Even so, he has found new passages to explore.
The more formal passages, doggedly exploring structure and movement, don't feel as alive or of this time.
Coming to terms with bedtime is a rite of passage, deftly explored in Jonathan Bean's "At Night," the first book Bean has both written and illustrated.
Mr. Jones, 6 feet tall and 190 pounds, was among a group of 11 people exploring passages at Nutty Putty Cave, some 80 miles south of Salt Lake City.
The park's surface area is 44 square miles (114 square km), and the caves contain more than 80 miles (130 km) of explored passages.
Jewel Cave is now known to be the third-longest cave system in the world, with more than 125 miles (200 km) of explored passages.
And Grayling gives it to him, including one memorable passage where he explores what Fuller has suggested is a "bias" toward science: Why not heat the water for one's coffee and shower by dancing in a circle or sacrificing a virgin?
