As the strand of South African gigs at last year's London jazz festival showed, the spirit of the alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana still looms large some 14 years after his passing. His influence on several of the key British musicians who apprenticed in his bands, notably Django Bates, is considerable and this tribute makes the point that Pukwana's appeal lay in no small measure in his ability to make multi-layered, expressive music that still retains enormous appeal to dancers. Assembled from sessions in London and Los Angeles with several of his bandmembers, notably Annie Whitehead, Mark Sanders, Nick Stephens and the late Harry Beckett, the material captures both Dudu's joie de vivre and his attention to detail. While the swinging, or rather swaying character of township songs remains at the heart of the Pukwana originals – other pieces come from two of the players in the iconic ensemble The Blue Notes, Mongezi Feza and Johnny Dyani – the shifting harmonic and metric canvas is sufficiently rich to satisfy the most stringent of home listeners. Some of the interplay between the horns is outstanding and the sprightly guitar work of the veteran Danish bandleader Pierre Dorge also adds much to the arrangements, justifying the smiling sorcery of the title. Put a spell on you, Dudu did.