From one-third of the Wood Brothers to one-half of RIX, Jano Rix keeps family ties strong on his latest project, a joint with his drumming father, Luther, titled Legacy, Vol. 1. 

After 12 years of start-stop recording between projects, the LP brings a little bit of the Woods, a touch of the production flair Jano Rix gives to other artists and many of the styles Luther Rix has been developing over decades of work with Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bette Midler and others.

Woodsian sounds abound courtesy of Jano’s keyboards, percussion, melodica, guitar, bass and work behind the board with the familiar counterbalanced with the funk of “Oop;” the string-accompanied blue jazz of “Strangely Blue,” which borrows the melody of Chicago’s “Colour My World;” and “Folk Song,” which finds RIX looking toward Ireland. 

All of the preceding are instrumental—along with the self-explanatory “Melodica” and “Sci-Fi Finale”—while the remaining six tracks feature vocals, with father and son trading turns on leads. The latter goes high in his range on the Woodsian “Down and Nylon,” Legacy’s lone live recording, while the former fronts the LP-opening “Blow Wind Blow” in Dr. John’s arrangement of Huey “Piano” Smith’s number.

Vol. 1 suggests a Vol. 2 is planned or already in the can. Whichever it is, the first offering is enough to leave listeners hoping the second doesn’t require another 12-year wait.