More stirring spiritual jazz here a sound that also sits well with the latest, but differently angled, release from Chip Wickham. While not as compelling as 2020's When Angels Fall there is a lot in its favour. Seven tracks, the pick in terms of originality is found in the open atmosphere of 'Slavic Spirits' and the band by contrast also do big no-nonsense brass-led themes instinctively well as heard on 'Harmony'. Bassist composer Wojtek Mazolewski is once again with pianist Joanna Duda, tenorist Marek Pospieszalski, trumpeter Oskar Török and drummer-percussionist Qba Janicki recording this latest which gets its UK release in late-September in a Warsaw studio last year. Pieces also include the avant-garde ‘The Year Of Magical Thinking,’ Duda using the strings of the piano to make these sound like a harp early on, the title of which is drawn from Joan Didion's 2005 memoir exploring personal loss. The Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet photo: press. Stream the title track