Everything's in balance on the tenor saxophonist's new album: Smith's pliable expressive tone is neither too heavy nor too light as he exploits the tension between the composed and the improvised.

Smith talks about his album, “three of us are from Houston and Reuben is not,” ahead of a DACAMERA concert with Jason Moran and Kendrick Scott at the Wortham Center. It's safe to say Houston played a ...