"Recorded at New York's Jazz Standard in 2017, a bandstand immediacy courses through Breathe. The shows were part of a 75th birthday bash, and wisely the good doctor surrounded himself with a feisty horn section. The expanded palette widens the music's scope. Frenetic blasts of punctuation, like those that adorn "Track 9, "are so fierce, it's easy to forget this is an organ record" ... The act of patiently unpacking an idea just might be Smith's superpower. Dynamics rule, mere titillation is banished ... The true surprises (...) are the disc's bookends, two studio features by Iggy Pop that find the rock icon trading his "TV Eye" yelp for a plush bari murmur. Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together" is as slinky as one migth hope, and Donovan's "Sunshine Superman", in the organist's book for about 50 years, delivers the shrugged-off savvy that's long been key to Pop's persona. Oddly, they integrate nicely with the live tracks".
