Neil Cowley Trio - Radio Silence

Like Get the Blessing, and other jazz-influenced groove bands reluctant to risk audience patience by travelling too far from a hook, the Neil Cowley Trio continues to keep improvisation on a pretty tight leash. But the one-time Brand New Heavy has made a more complex and subtle album with Radio Silence. It begins with an almost free-improv speculativeness that turns into an expansive, Bad Plus-like anthem on the opening Monoface, and creates a memorable title theme from swooping chords over soft percussion. 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/22/neil-cowley-radio-silence