Club d'Elf may be new to jazz ears, but some may punt that in a post-Trump world their all-in-one bucket of Moroccan'n'roll, turntables, and a jam band ethos could signpost fresh new directions for improvised musics. Well, I say fresh, but this is such an old recording, four years plus, that maybe it should sit in the archive section. However, this epic, 2CD, two-hour show deserves wider listening. For jazzers, it's the presence of John Medeski that intrigues: he has even more space than with MMW to revel in his choir of keys which are splendidly analogue in nature, including a Mellotron which stoically hangs in tune. He crash dives his Hammond into ‘Hegaz’, wrenching the vibe from Fribane's fab oud and wreathes classic cascades of chords from his acoustic piano on the mystic ‘Mogador’. But if Medeksi dominates the dub, samples and rock grooves of the first set, then the second is dominated by Fribane's muscular vox and breath-taking oud, aided by Workman's guest flute, notably on ‘Al Hadra’. Altogether more North African in vibe, standouts abound, notably the urging groove of ‘Zeed Al Maal’. So where are the more recent recordings?