Paterson, Deats and Wood line up as the current house band at Peggy's Skylight in Nottingham and this group – whose name is unexplained – is Paterson's newest venture. He's an educator as well as a performer. and has ranged widely through the musical undergrowth, from pop to rock to funk and beyond. This new music, he says, is rooted in bebop and blues, coloured by electronics, hints at Hancock, and is characterised by élan and enthusiasm.

Tony Kofi came on board at a gig and has stayed with the project, playing tenor throughout, and is clearly at one with Paterson's multi-compositional direction. These 13 pieces – all by Paterson and hugely varied – were taped over two days, and packed into this well-presented double album format, and illuminated by an essay from Jazzwise's own Stuart Nicholson.

Candidly, I liked this much more than I expected to. I liked its variety, its sense of itself: no holding back, Peterson's bass figures, whether electric or acoustic, anchoring everything capably. I liked ‘Roo's Blues’ with Deats on Rhodes, and Kofi in full swing, and ‘Mackerel Sky’ with its insinuating motif. There's a whole lot of music here, some of it well outside my jazz remit, but engaging nonetheless. Hard to describe, eclectic for sure, with technology sparingly used.

Originally a classicist, Paterson has described how he has since written for TV, adverts, short films, plays, and cartoons, his compositions like a palimpsest of influences garnered from his absorption into these musically varied worlds. This would be good to hear live, I’d guess.