He’s one of the great contemporary jazz drummers, a part of the Branford Marsalis Quartet for many years and to be honest Branford’s groups haven’t been the same since his departure, Jeff Tain Watts has been making records under his own steam as a leader for a while now and the second instalment of his Blue albums, the first came out last year, is released later this month.

Listen to ‘You’re Mine And I Want You’ featuring singer Kurt Elling, above. Other starry guests on the album include Steve Coleman and Kevin Eubanks.