Tom Arthurs Centripede (Babel BDV2341).

Heading a quintet that features the always--interesting saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock in the frontline, as well as the subtle, serpentine guitarist Jez Franks, 23-year-old trumpet whizz Arthurs strings his pieces around inventive evolutionary threads; the compositions often have a strong sense of centre that the players move towards from different starting points, meeting in a climatic unison by way of tasty contrapuntal overlaps. Arthurs' tendency ...