Hellish Crossfire - Slaves of the Burning PentagramHigh Roller Records, reissue 2022, black vinyl, ltd 500, printed inner sleeve

although it shares the "I'll Fly Away" medley

Reverberations (Travelling In Time) perfectly captures what many believe to be a crucial era for one of the UK's most important groups as they went on to influence a wave of emerging bands

In her booklet notes

and was one of the first educators to establish a jazz program at a major university

it is the Dutch player Niek de Groot who takes up Hoffmeister's challenge in the company of a Finnish trio consisting of Minna Pensola

Mala Mia (Feat

The recordings were culled from two separate shows

their simultaneous spareness

The sound of off-centre dub rumblings

First was a longish session in June

a Top 10 Billboard Classical chart hit - for the first recordings of his two Cello Sonatas

a rather large-scale project with musicians from many different countries- and an intense week I will probably never forget