Multi-instrumentalist Jean Derome is one ot the core members of Montréal’s adventurous improvisation scene. His work ranges from choreography to theater music to film soundtracks to Jazz bands to boundary blurring improvisation. This is the third release by his band Dangereux Zhomes and the eight originals continue in the vein of the first two, offering open sketches for group interaction that draw on the diverse talents and improvisational approaches of the six players. The compositions are based on travel sketches Derome captures while touring with his various groups. These can take the form of darting themes blending elements of rock, funk, Jazz voicings, and folk dance or the barest skeletons for colective textural improvisations. The music benefits from the fact that each of these players frequently collaborates in each other’s music, so they are able to rapidly respond to the kaleidoscopic changes these pieces move through with lightening reflexes. Though there is plenty of solo room, this is ensemble music built from complexly intertwined lines from each. Throughout, there is an element of mischievous playfulness and wry humor as the players draw on everything from birdsongs to circus music to blustering cacophony in these vibrantly shifting improvisations. One minute, they will be tossing off a unison reading of an angular head, the next they’re off slinking through noirish themes, or skronking through a squalling section of electric, rock-tinged freedom. Recorded in concert over the span of three days, the live setting seems to bring out particularly charged performances and an inventive sense of adventure. The rousing final ovation captured at the end of the disk is well deserved.