On paper, the Future Sounds of Jazz tour might look over-complicated, too much of a good thing, as if someone accidentally ticked all the boxes on the form: live video, rap, turntables, mbira, bebop, free improv, electronica, etc. In practice, it works like a dream.

MD Jason Yarde has wrought minor miracles of organisation in the limited rehearsal time available for this collective of 13 outstanding performers, with a stimulating mix of improvisation and composition, freedom and discipline, featuring some of the hottest players on the scene: saxophonist/rapper Soweto Kinch, pianist Matthew Bourne and guitarist David Okumu.

There are some pretty demanding pieces: complex, stop'n'start Kinch pieces such as C'mon and Good Nyooz; Nick Ramm's There Are Many Ways; and Yarde's Part 2, which dates back to his first band, the Jazz Warriors. But nothing fazes these young lions, who blow their way through a two-hour-plus set with little wasted time.

In the best experimental tradition, they use chance - video artist Marc Silver spins a set of photos like the dials of a fruit machine. When the images settle, projected on the back wall of the packed club, the three selected musicians launch into a short free improvisation. Silver and his Yeast Films partner Nick Hillel avoid the cliches of live video, mixing live images with a library of looped documentary footage. They play in time, too.

Vocals by Zena Edwards (who also plays mbira on her song Healing Pool) and Bembe Segue prevent the gig becoming a club for boys and their toys. Segue is particularly good on Yarde's Timeshift, which also features drummers Leo Taylor and Tom Skinner. Bourne's acoustic piano sometimes gets lost in the mix, but his solos are a riot. And bassist Tom Herbert is the star of the evening, a tower of funky strength.

· Future Sounds of Jazz play the Corn Exchange, Brighton (01273 709709), on Friday; the Glee Club, Birmingham (0870 241 5093), on Sunday and the Wardrobe, Leeds (0113 383 8800), on April 28.