Cross-Platform Interchange is the young bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado's second album for Edition following debut New Ansonia, which he recorded after winning the Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize in 2014 having graduated from the Royal Academy. The bassist is the only son of the Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova and late Italian conductor Claudio Abbado. At this point comparisons could be made between Mullavo-Abbado and a certain Kyle Eastwood, another double bassist with a high-profile artistic family background and composer of an enjoyable, light-hearted, high-spirited, yet fairly innocuous brand of jazz with solid ties to the tradition. Leading his septet, Mullov-Abbado's unruffled musical eclecticism reflects the album's dedication to a love of travelling and movement, hence the title. The musical journey mirroring the physical one. The retro ‘Gromit's Grand Outing’ is a novel mix of flapper jazz dancehall and 52nd Street bebop, and is very convincingly executed by the septet made up of the bassist's ex-Academy peers; ‘Still Hidden Morning’ is super-chilled cosmic lounge nu-jazz, ‘Waves’ showcases the impressive young Sam Rapley's Stan Getz-ish tenor saxophone, and the Afro-Cuban party vibe of ‘Hair of the Bop’ rounds things off nicely. Impressively mature playing all-round, and a quality sound courtesy of the bassist-leader alongside experienced producer Duncan Bridgeman. If it's not clear at the moment where the bassist-composer might be going with all this, he's certainly spreading some good jazz vibes along the way.