Veteran sax man Dave Duplissey calls the sound of his eleventh album “Louisiana Smooth Jazz,” and having gigged with John Fred and gotten one of his instrumentals on The Weather Channel, he’s certainly qualified to give that kind of genre-bending a shot. Turns out there is indeed something in this sideman’s tone that transcends the limits of smooth jazz: even at his most facile, he’s more Red Tyler than Kenny G, although he usually splits the difference and winds up somewhere in disco-era New York.

Not that there’s any disco here. These are very respectable and stylish workouts all, refreshingly analog sounding and comfortable, enough so that Duplissey can afford to soar with real soul in the middle of “The Rooster” or threaten to explode out of his cushy surroundings entirely near the climax of “Take It Uptown.” That never happens, of course, even when the boys in the band threaten to turn into Tower of Power for a few thrilling seconds at the opening of “In the Groove” or “La Rochelle.” But this kind of music is all about seeing what you can get away with inside rigid structures anyway. Come to think of it, Dave sums up the ethos of this record even better with the title of track 2: “Smooth Jukin’.” Almost a paradox, but not. Score one for professionalism.