As readers will know by now, Green is something of a latter-day phenomenon, his recent adoption as a Jerwood/Serious Take Five Edition X artist just the latest in a series of accolades. Incidentally his bassist Mullov-Abbado won the 2014 Dankworth Award for Jazz Composition (Big Band), thus complementing Green's own 2013 JD prize for small band. So, quite a talented team, you could say. Given this pedigree, it's no surprise that Green's writing for his septet has already earned high praise. This is no busking band rather a well-balanced ensemble, the four horns sounding fat and full, that handles Green's varied compositions with considerable aplomb. These players know each other well and Green knows how to deploy them effectively. His writing reminds some of Maria Schneider and he certainly likes to write complex interweaving lines, densely plotted, with interesting voicings and contrasting dynamics. ‘Sticks and Stones’ opens in striking fashion, its main trombone-led motif bold and cleverly handled; there's real drama here, Davison making the first of a number of rewarding flugel interventions. The 12-minute ‘Equilibrium’ is like a chorale at first, the rhythmic ideas quite inviting as Davison plays over the ensemble, Herd following until the others move into a ‘free’ deconstruction. Each player has his opportunity; Green is an able soloist amid the musical hubbub, both sax-men proving their worth as each piece ebbs and flows. Eight stimulating performances, all bar the interestingly re-worked ‘Skylark’ by Green, so it's easy to say that this is a composer's album and so it is, but the interplay and the solos, plus the subsidiary under-writing all add up to something both startlingly good and a delight to hear. Try the New Orleans street-beat on ‘DIY’ and expect to be intrigued.