As a follow-up to his ASCAP-award winning CD, First Move, composer/bassist/producer Larry Steen leads his world jazz ensemble in an explosive new recording that fuses authentic Middle Eastern, Balkan, West African, Celtic, Caribbean and South American influences with jazz, classical and funk. The critically acclaimed View From Afar features jazz luminaries Ernie Watts, Robben Ford and Russell Ferrante of the Yellowjackets.