(Birdjam)

Scottish audiences have already had a taste of percussion master Trilok Gurtu’s large scale spectaculars at Perth Concert Hall and Celtic Connections, and this release captures another in that sequence, co-led by drummer Simon Phillips (of Toto fame) and featuring the excellent NDR Big Band (the title derives from the fact that there are 21 musicians involved). Gurtu indulges in a couple of excursions into his trademark vocal mnemonics from the South Indian tradition, but the influences feeding into the music are characteristically wide-ranging, taking in jazz fusion, Latin and African music, and rock.