The tenor saxophonist Tori Freestone has been making a strong impression in the soloist chair as a member of the Ivo Neame Quintet and Rory Simmons' Fringe Magnetic, among others, and on her debut release as leader In the Chop House in 2014. Previous to studying jazz at Leeds College of Music, she was playing the violin and singing in folk clubs and her intoxicating playing on the second release, El Barranco, highlights both aspects of her musical background on a dual interpretation of the folk traditional ‘The Press Gang’. First as a cantorial Coltrane/Ayler-inspired improv (that was commissioned by the London Jazz Festival in 2014) and later as a reprise with Freestone on violin and singing, staying close to its original English folk roots. But the seemingly wildly different interpretations draw some interesting parallels between Freestone's ‘spiritual’ jazz and folk music inspirations. Elsewhere on the album Freestone delights in giving her solos a whirling Rollins-ish dance-like Afro-Caribbean-latin flavour, with the acoustic bassist Dave Manington's sturdily grooving, rounded tone keeping things grounded. Although the spirit of Coltrane in his more restlessly searching, incantatory moments is ever present in Freestone's playing, there are echoes too of contemporary saxophonists Julian Argüelles and Joe Lovano on her originals and the only standard ‘All or Nothing at All’ is both skilfully and intuitively pulled apart and put back together again. Freestone's hypnotically inventive improv is a deeply personal one and El Barranco proves she's a tenor saxophonist worthy of more recognition.