Moonchild

The first Take Five of 2022 has two piano legends (Abdullah Ibrahim, Fred Hersch), two R&B confabs (the MTO with Catherine Russell, MoonChild with Lalah Hathaway), and an ambitious tribute to the Borscht Belt (Sam Sadigursky).

Moonchild consists of three self-professed "jazz school nerds" from Los Angeles, but their music is where silky-smooth R&B meets engrossing dream pop.…