Hiromi continues her spectacular and spectacularly loud partnership with Jackson and Phillips on another recording reflecting her big bold sound. Their fourth album together, (her tenth as leader), they now have an almost hermetically sealed musical relationship, able to move seamlessly through Hiromi’s endless flux of ideas. Her cascading themes, relentlessly up-tempo attack and iron tough left hand may leave you gagging for a little space, a tang of soul, but you can’t help but be impressed with her vitality. Indeed, there’s a lyrical romance about the intro to songs like ‘Take Me Away’ and the way it breaks down into a vulnerable blues passage that leaves you wanting more. But asking Hiromi to play less is like wanting Miles to have played more. You’d get very different animals in each case, and we love them for who they are, not what we want them to be. Standouts include the rhythmic bounce of ‘What Will Be, Will Be’ and the dizzy whirl of ‘Wonderland’, with Phillips adding fresh colour with his toms as he skedaddles alongside Hiromi’s hand-brake turn tempo changes.