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Each of the performers (apart from Dylan) contributed a substantial composition or two to the session, resulting in a very diverse yet complementary range of styles, moving between modern and avant jazz and free playing.\r\n\r\nWith only one day of rehearsal, the collective depth of the musicianship is evident throughout in the soloing and group dynamic. The record comes across as a collective creation, often intense but with a high quotient of lyricism and humor.\r\n\r\nYou can sense that the musicians are having a good time and want to invite the listener in. As Dylan suggests: \u003cem\u003e“Listen to Michael Moore's sound, and Brad Turner's sound — how friendly those horns are. How playful they are. And Mark Helias and Achim Kaufmann too. They draw you in and then they challenge you.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\nThe title of the record and Michael's composition comes from a radio ad for a toy store that he heard while driving in Michigan: \u003cem\u003e\"It was telling us that in the definition of a toy, there were three things you had to look for — it’s open-ended, it’s interactive and it has to encourage creativity. As to distinguish a toy from a waste of time, or a video game or something like that. 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