Anyone who's been devouring the albums that Art Pepper's widow, Laurie, has been releasing of the great alto saxophonist's hidden treasures will find something of these recordings' spirit, especially Unreleased Art Vol lll, in this second album by Cumbernauld's own saxophone treasure.

There are some fundamental differences: Konrad Wiszniewski plays tenor and soprano rather than alto. His playing doesn't have quite the raw, frank emotion that life on the edge gave Pepper's and his band here hasn't been touring the way Pepper's final band did. They still manage to project a similar, essentially jubilant togetherness, however, and across a varied programme of moods Wiszniewski confirms his reputation as a player with plenty to say and a consistently absorbing way of saying it. Any of the nine tracks, some of which are familiar from Wiszniewski and Euan Stevenson's New Focus project, would make good places to start but the relaxed shuffle of Feel, the well-named Happy Dance and a rampant reading of Bronislaw Kaper's Invitation are particularly persuasive.

Rob Adams