When the British saxophonist Stan Sulzmann documented his long-time sax-piano partnership with American Marc Copland (pictured) on CD a couple of years ago, it was startling how much quiet urgency the music had - startling, because both are frequently characterised as pensive and ruminative performers. But fans of the late Michael Brecker's music, and of Wayne Shorter's, could hear many fascinating points of contact in the Sulzmann/Copland relationship, albeit expressed in a more reserved manner - and those qualities are likely to be audible in this encounter within the revealing acoustic of St Cyprian's, with the floating and lyrical brass lines of the much-celebrated Kenny Wheeler drifting creatively between them. If the atmosphere might be a little soft-stepping and chamber-jazzy at times, the material will be very high-class, with improvising to match.
· St Cyprian's, NW1, Tue 19
