" data-original-title="" title="">Terrence Blanchard—four albums from 2003 including 2007's Grammy-winning ?A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (EMI)—Parks, a late-stage teenager at the time, exhibits a bardic, punky tinge to his playing.

Back in the day of many a rock and roll kid, a slow boiling cruncher like "Locked Down"—the second great tune on Little Big III—could be jammed on all day! "To heck with school or meeting Donna at the mall. Let's jam!" Then you get to "Sports"—the fourth great tune of nine total on Little Big III—and the groove is so apparent, so snakey like Little Feat, so in-your-face punchy like The Police, that it is virtually impossible not to seek out the repeat button and deploy it.

It is like that throughout the captivating whole of Little Big's third outing. The grooves are all concise, ginsu sharp, and solid. The sizzling opener "Flyaways" quickly sets the standard: Picture a four-piece rock combo getting to their biggest gig ever and "Flyaways" becomes this expansive, open-air run down the West Side Highway. Or maybe a romp down the 405 into L.A. Either or, Parks and guitarist