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Review: A lesser-known spiritual jazz favourite, Baikida E.J. Carroll's Orange Fish Tears is an enduring slice of Parisian jazz, born as an offshoot of the trumpeter's work alongside the Black Artists Group (more precisely saxophonist/flutist Oliver Lake, trombonist Joseph Bowie, drummer Charles "Bobo" Shaw and trumpeter Floyd LeFlore), who left their origin state of Missouri for the City of Love, in turn to pursue a revolutionary collective career in free jazz. As a group, they recorded the album In Paris, Aries 1973, and this in turn led to Carroll's talents on the brass turn the head of Palm label A&R, Jef Gilson. And so, a new solo record was made: Carroll's four-track expressive burst is an indispensable album if you are a fan of free-wheeling avant-garde music from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to Sonic Youth, from Shabaka Hutchings to Rob Mazurek.