Brigitte Beraha's Babelfish project was responsible for one of my favourite releases of last year, the lovely Chasing Rainbows. So it's very welcome that, Welsh keyboard maestro Geoff Eales having decided to record with a vocalist for the first time, he should have chosen Beraha, whose vocal style – whether working with lyrics or wordlessly – draws regular comparison to that of Norma Winstone. Her presence here lends a gentle, ethereal glow to proceedings, which is entirely fitting since the album is very much concerned with matters spiritual. It's dedicated to the memories of Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor and to Eales’ own mother, Valerie, who died seven months before the recording was made. Death casts its shadow then: ‘Sleep Eternal’ and ‘Gently in the Night’ are two of the titles. But the reflective moods explored across the 12 Eales earworm originals (he knows how to write a melody) ultimately feel more celebratory than anything else, and Noel Langley's trumpet work on ‘Remembering Kenny’ is so stirring you might almost be tempted to think that the much-missed Mr Wheeler had returned for one last blow.