Alister Spence is one of the leading lights on the Australian jazz scene whose curriculum vitae includes work with the brilliant and often inspired Clarion Fracture Zone with Sandy Evans and Tony Gorman and the Australian Art Orchestra with Paul Grabowsky. With his own Alister Spence Trio he has made some fine albums such as Flux, Fit and Mercury and has been a frequent visitor to these shores where recognition has been in direct disproportion to his often luminous virtuosity. It was in the UK that he formed an association with the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and developed a strong musical relationship with saxophonist Raymond MacDonald. This is their first album together, recorded live at the Concert Hall, University of Glasgow in February last year. Clearly the planets were in the right conjunction in the celestial sphere and prompted some inspired music making. Spence, who can be a powerful and expansive pianist is content to reveal a more thoughtful and considered side to his musical personality such as the opening of ‘TransHemispheres’, as both he and MacDonald cautiously circle each other before the saxophonist produces a passage that evokes several instruments in earnest dialogue. MacDonald is again compelling on ‘Found On the Way (b)’ where he is largely performing solo, and on ‘Northern Window (b)’ where both pianist and saxophonist move the album to a thoughtful climax.