John Surman & Jack Dejonette: Free and Equal (ECM 0170652).

Saxophone virtuoso Surman and drum champion Dejohnette have enjoyed a long and eventful association, working together on many previous ECM releases. Their chemistry hit a high last year with Invisible Nature, an excellent duo album that was largely overlooked by the jazz cognoscenti. This new set places the pair alongside the 10-piece London Brass ensemble in a context of thought-provoking, politically informed music. The title refers to the 1948 Universal Declaration Of Human Rights and Surman goes so far as to quote its articles in the CD booklet. All of the titles of the album--Sea Change, Fire, ...