Sometimes it's the quieter, more intimate albums that really lodge in the memory, and so it proves with Red Skies. Recorded over a single day at the Artesuono studio in Italy, this collaboration between singer Brigitte Beraha and pianist John Turville exudes a true musical connection from every pore. Beginning with a hyper-romantic take on Jobim's ‘Dindi’, with Turville's harmonically probing chord selections enveloping themselves around Beraha's delicately suspended vocal line, the duo succeed brilliantly in generating mood and suspense – nowhere more so than in ‘Les Feuilles Mortes’, which vibrates between major and minor like a foreboding fairy tale. Another highlight, ‘Beatriz’, possesses a melancholic slow burn, which quietly evaporates in a plaintive, magical coda. Beraha's original, ‘Elephants On Wheels’, shows great originality in its unusual phrasing and harmonic approach. The album also features typically big hearted contributions from special guest, tenor saxophonist Bobby Wellins, who bookends Red Skies with heart-melting solos on ‘Dindi’ and ‘A Time For Love’.