Hi guys, I know that I'm probably being lazy here, and will be appropriately ashamed later

but time is not on my side, so...
On Spyro Gyra's "Morning Dance", the original version (not the many live versions on YouTube),there is a descending 3 chord lick that "answers" the first full line of the saxophone melody. Sounds like 6ths or something to me, but can I get my head/ears/fingers around it? Absolutely not!!
Anyone know this tune and can help?