Bassist and composer Bren Plummer has put together a tasty band of Northwest allstars for his latest album, Moldy Figs . From Jay Thomas (trumpet) to Stuart MacDonald (sax), D'Vonne Lewis (drums) and Susan Pascal (vibraphone) as well as guitarist Frank Seeburger, it's a group of talented players and bandleaders themselves. Pascal may have put it best when she explained that she finds Plummer's music fresh and challenging, just what a good jazz musician wants to play. Surely it's exciting.