Originally formed as an on-the-fly studio assemblage of improvising wits from England, Scotland and Norway in 2012, Trio Red have made it to a second CD release following the excellent debut First Hello to Last Goodbye. What originally looked like a one-off has led to three years of occasional touring and a 2016 follow up CD, Lucid Dreamers. As with the debut there’s a sense of close rapport and organic dialogue between the musicians: Cawley is pretty compelling on piano, switching artfully yet coherently between Monk-ish impish, jittery percussive ideas and a Brad Mehldau- influenced melody-driven folk-pop melancholia. The set is made up of the superb atmospherically- grooving Scottish drummer Tom Bancroft’s originals as well as covers by the recently departed saxophonist Thomas Chapin and the great Charlie Mingus – a version of ‘Jump Monk’ that’s far quirkier swing than ironic deconstruction. Bancroft’s title track is a three-piece suite that’s a musical take on the early 1990s civil war in Georgia. Shelved until now, it’s a more sober, folkily melancholic affair in comparison to the rest of the recording. But it caps a highly enjoyable set that strikes a happy medium between playful curiosity and deep groove.