Kazemde George’s Ocean Passage is one of the year’s most engaging and assured releases, a beautiful document of the deep rapport this saxophonist shares with his longtime triomates: the in-demand rhythm team of the bassist Tyrone Allen II and the drummer Kayvon Gordon. Lyrical and hard-swinging, this is also music of real grit and subtlety — perfect for the cozy confines of Close Up. (Note: bassist Ben Tiberio and drummer Ele Howell will sub in for the gig.)