This live meeting between seasoned Dutch jack-in-the-box drummer, Han Bennink, and the younger Estonian guitarist, Jaak Sooäär fairly sizzles with bonhomie, joie de vivre and honest-to-goodness fun. It’s based in a simple premise, too: start with some improv, find your way into a classic tune – ‘I Got Rhythm’ or ‘On The Sunny Side Of The Street’ – jam it through, and end with spontaneous panache. In the hands of these two virtuosi, it’s a formula that yields almost infinite delight. Sooäär is comfortable negotiating a range of improv strategies – from ethereal wafts and weird space-echo effects to gnarled fusion/metal shredding – but, once in the melody, he sticks largely to taut jazz licks, with just a hint of twanging rock ’n’ roll. Bennink is clearly having an absolute blast, demonstrating his formidable brushwork technique, diving headlong into old-fashioned ‘fours’ and loudly whooping with surprised delight as each tune unfolds before his eyes. It’s the sound of exuberant joy.