Here's an inspired pairing, overseen by the super-hip, Manchester-based underground label Tombed Visions: two English pianists, both based in the north, both with a supremely idiosyncratic approach to the instrument. Adam Fairhall, perhaps best known for supplying piano and, more recently, harmonium for Nat Birchall, has a compendious knowledge of jazz styles from stride to boogie-woogie to free, all of which flash and flicker throughout his playing. Stephen Grew, recently seen playing with improv pioneer, saxophonist Trevor Watts, on the other hand, professes never to have played jazz but rather to come from an entirely non-idiomatic angle. Maybe it's a risk, flinging together two such strong personalities – but the results are worth it. These dense, information-rich improvisations dart from staccato finger-work to huge, emotional swells, from swirling whirlpools to spindly preparations and phantom rummagings in the guts of the piano. What's more, with Fairhall firmly positioned to the listener's left, and Grew to the right, it's an entrancing, real-time joy hearing how well these two quixotic intelligences slot together.