Paul Carlon Octet, Other Tongues (Deep Tone). From Red Norvo to James Moody, Ray Charles, Rod Levitt, Gil Evans, Lee Konitz and Bill Kirchner, I’m a sucker for medium-sized ensembles supported by resourceful writing. To the list add this octet of New Yorkers led by saxophonist and flutist Carlon. The orientation is Latin, the arranging at once economical and adventurous. Billy Strayhorn’s “Smada” becomes a danzón, Emily Dickinson’s poem “A Certain Slant of Light” inspires a pointillist reverie, “Boogie Down Broder” a rambunctious trombone fiesta. And there’s this encouraging disclaimer: “NO jazz musicians were harmed in the manufacture of this recording.”