Live in the Black Forest

He and Taylor command the remaining ten minutes of the performance as the piece shifts in tempo, Lyons and Malik and Sirone abruptly moving in and out of focus...

"[3] Phil Freeman, in an article for Burning Ambulance, wrote: "The first piece, 'The Eel Pot,' begins with solo piano, followed quickly by the entry of Malik and Lyons (playing unison phrases) and then Ameen.

The next player to re-enter after this thunderous passage is Ameen, offering almost Bela Bartók-like stabs as though to pay tribute to the concert's central European location.

Eventually, the full ensemble returns to roaring life, and the piece comes to a raucous close, celebrated by wild applause from what sounds like a large audience...

Around the 11-minute mark, Jackson bursts into a particularly aggressive drum solo, smashing the cymbals and battering the snare, as Malik's trumpet unleashes a repeated, fanfare-like figure.

When Taylor takes the lead, his playing is often quite delicate; during one quiet passage, he and Ameen duet totally unaccompanied, and it's possibly the album's high point.