With their band moniker lifted from a Wayne Shorter composition off Speak No Evil, saxophonist Matt Anderson's Wild Flower Sextet pays tribute to an artist who remains as vital an inspiration to today's young generation of saxophonists as he has been to previous ones. On their debut the young ex-Leeds College graduate's sextet, formed in 2012, put their own unique stamp on Shorter's very personal repertoire without resorting to re-imagining or deconstructing the source material. It's made up of exactly half Anderson's original compositions and a selection from a Shorter songbook that spans his tenure with Art Blakey (‘Lester Left Town’) and Miles (‘Masqualero’, ‘Fall’) through to Weather Report (‘Three Clowns’). Among the originals ‘Blues For Wayne’ sounds as much a Shorter Art Blakey-era blow as ‘Lester Left Town’ (Anderson's arrangement of that track features some smartly placed tempo changes) but is of a quality that resonates with its inspirational source. The versatile Chaos Collective trumpeter Laura Jurd sounds as fresh and vibrant in full flow in a more post-boppish mood on ‘Sfumato’ (another strong theme from Anderson) as she does on any of her quirkier projects, while the sextet's treatment of ‘Fall’ is perhaps the standout tune with the excellent drummer Sam Gardener's thunderously atmospheric backing ramping up the tension for evocative solos by Alex Munk on guitar, the more contemporary-minded musician in the band, and the Leeds-based Jamil Sheriff on piano. It all adds up to an enjoyably unpretentious 45 minutes or so of Shorter-inspired music making.