Talented Terri Lyne Carrington is equally at home as a straight-ahead or groove drummer, and while her latest leans to the smoother side, she exhibits plenty of musical depth, as do the cadre of top bassists on hand. “Sherwood Forest” co-bills George Duke and Christian McBride’s electric bass (with Richard Patterson down below); “Ready” Freddie Washington grounds four cuts, most notably the Terri Lyne/Les McCann-sung soul ballad, “Hold Me Again.” Jimmy Haslip adds sophisticated support to the brass-driven “Papasan” and a radically-reharmonized “Let It Be,” and Matt Garrison reigns free on “No Not One (for Helen).”