This five CD-set charts the sublime American saxophonist’s collaboration with brilliant but underrated pianist Bobo Stenson between 1989 and 1996. Lloyd had been persuaded to emerge from retirement in the early 1990s by Michel Petrucciani and led a quartet with the diminutive pianist that recorded on the Blue Note and Elektra Musician labels (1982-3). Then illness intervened, and his recovery was marked by a desire to return to the performing circuit, this time turning to Scandinavian musicians who had welcomed his original quartet with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette to Stockholm and Oslo in the 1960s. It is tempting to say these five albums represent the finest representation of Lloyd on record. From his stunning debut on the ECM label, Fish Out of Water, to the majestic Canto this is jazz creativity of the highest order, and it is tempting to say they were never fully recognised as the masterpieces they were at the time of release. For those who saw the band live, with Lloyd, Stenson, Jormin and Hart (the line-up on The Call, All My Relations and Canto) these albums stand as aural photographs of a remarkable jazz group and reminders of the heights they reached in live performance. For those who did not see the group, and missed the albums first time round, you are in for a real treat.