ALLAN HOLDSWORTH None Too Soon (1996 Japanese promotional 9-track CD, issued to radio & review ahead of release. The album is a departure from the norm, as Allan, along with backing from Gordon Beck, Gary Willis & Kirk Covington, interprets jazz standards, but not "jazz standards" as we know it. This is the spine-tingling modern end of the genre, with the genius compositions of Coltrane ["Countdown"] & Django ["Nuages"] in the mix, along with a magical version of The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood", which Gordon Beck had previously turned upside down & inside out with John McLaughlin way back in '68, complete with picture sleeve, fold-out Japanese insert & promo stickered obi POCP-7028)