On the occasion of his 80th birthday, legendary French bassist and composer Henri Texier celebrates his six decades as a musician with Healing Songs, which reprises some of his earlier work; a sort of retrospective of calming compositions perhaps forgotten. Featuring a topflight quintet, Healing Songs includes Texier's son Sebastien on alto sax and clarinet, rising US trumpet star Hermon Mehari, plus internationally acclaimed drummer Manu Katche guesting on two tracks.