EJ&BF specialise in commissioning new projects and music. Matthew Kilner presented the premiere of his four-part Culkein Bay Suite and several other original tunes with his new quartet of Paul Harrison (piano), Ewan Hastie (bass) and Alyn Cosker (drums). Kilner was open about his influences – I picked up hints of Wayne Shorter, Coltrane and Ellington, whilst one piece was dedicated to Paul Motian and another to Peanuts Hucko. Most of the music was spritely post-bop, but there were some beautiful moments, too – the last segment of the suite featured an emotional duet between the tenor and piano, and later on there was some powerful, melancholy sax. Harrison, Hastie and Cosker played with the excellence one would expect from such musicians; the quartet are going into the studio soon to record this material, so there’ll be more chances to hear it.

- Patrick Hadfield (UK Jazz News)