Little Dominic’s preview: a heart warming version of legendary Brazilian accordionist Dominguinhos’ ‘Gostoso Demais’ from Dianne Reeves guitarist Romero Lubambo on his sublime new Sunnyside album Sampa out on 5 May.


Gregory Porter chilling on the Horace Silver classic ‘Song For My Father’, taken from the former Silver drummer Louis Hayes’ 26 May Blue Note album Serenade for Horace.

By complete contrast, a different kind of ritual, from the new Alice Coltrane compilation The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane that, says Uncut, “favours the ravier, jauntier side of Coltrane’s ashram music.”

And for sheer craft and heartfelt vocals how about ‘My Beautiful Enemies’ from Joel Harrison’s upcoming album The Other River? Describing the project the guitarist says: “To work with language in the context of a simple song is as great a challenge as any I’ve faced as a composer.”

And last but not least a real return to what Diana Krall does best on Turn Up the Quiet as she mines the Great American Songbook for classics to stamp her luxuriously sensuous signature on proceedings at all times.