This all-star Swiss trio – which sometimes goes by the name Helveticus – is an intergenerational affair, bringing together octogenarian drummer Daniel Humair, sexagenarian bassist Heiri Känzig and forty-something trombonist Samuel Blaser.

The three voices meld with great subtlety and poise, always tuneful while projecting a dignified restraint. In this setting, Blaser’s very precisely controlled chops really shine: he can be louche or loquacious, offer fruity growls or equine whinnies, sing sweetly or plumb mysterious depths – all done with great panache.

In terms of repertoire, the trio’s second album follows a similar format to their 2020 debut, 1291. There are several radical reimaginings of jazz classics: Monk’s ‘Bemsha Swing’ slides and slips around, while Ellington’s ‘Creole Love Call’ is humorously funereal, and ‘Tiger Rag’ sets up a tense thrum. There are slightly tongue in cheek transformations of Swiss folk tunes. And a couple of Humair’s compositions are revisited, with an eight-minute version of his ‘Genevamalgame’ providing the album’s most ‘out’ moments, as the trio transitions from pattering free-fall to compact swing. It’s a most satisfying date, crammed with ideas and incident.