Legendary drummer Mike Clark continues a brilliant late-career run with 'Kuon Ganjo (Time Without Beginning),' his latest album for Berkeley's Wide Hive Records. Featuring an all-star quintet largely comprised of the same cast as his acclaimed 2025 release, 'Itai Doshin'--Eddie Henderson, trumpet; Craig Handy, tenor saxophone; Patrice Rushen, piano; Essiet Okon Essiet, bass--'Kuon Ganjo' offers a varied, ceaselessly swinging program ranging from Clark's favorite standard ('Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise') to pieces by Rollins ('East Broadway Rundown'), Monk ('Monk's Dream'), and Shorter ('Beauty and the Beast'). ALBUM IS A STRAIGHTAHEAD BUT SURPRISE-LADEN COLLECTION