London’s Led Bib were a quintet for 22 years. During that time, they established a well-founded reputation as architects of the rather short-lived anarchic jazz movement. Keyboardist Toby McLaren was a founding member and a co-architect of the band’s sound. He left after 2017’s Umbrella Weather and was temporarily replaced by Elliott Galvin on 2019’s It’s Morning. Following a tour, drummer Mark Holub, bassist Liran Donin, and saxophonists Pete Grogan and Chris Williams, decided to tour as a four-piece. It proved difficult. Led Bib returned to Cuneiform for Hotel Pupik. It was written for quartet and plays to the group’s strengths as composers (tunes were written by three members) improvisers, arrangers, and gifted, instinctive instrumentalists.