*2024 stock* Super groups are not a riskless endeavor—but when they’re made up of longtime friends and master improvisers, they tend to work. On their collaboration, simply titled Volume 1, up-and-coming American saxophonist John Dikeman (When The Time Is Right, 577 Records, 2021) is accompanied by a group of UK-based music masters: pianist Pat Thomas, a 577 Records mainstay (Shifa Live at Cafe Oto 2019, BleySchool 2019, Shifa Live in Oslo 2020, Educated Guess 2021), bassist John Edwards (EMPoWered. 577 Records, 2021), and drummer Steve Noble. The album’s two tracks are dynamic and surprising, opening with a bombastic 8-minute piece, followed by a minimalist, quieting 32-minute performance. The project will be available on April 1st, 2022 in CD and digital editions as well as black vinyl and limited edition color LP, and will be shortly followed by a planned Volume 2.