Morton's stated aim is ‘to bring jazz back to the dance-floor’, and 15 years playing with former James Brown saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis means he has a good idea how. He's played sax in Brown trombonist Fred Wesley's The New JB's band, too. But such associations with sidemen can’t give the hip-twitching tension of the funk forged by the Godfather's personality. Morton's music is anyway sunnier, sitting at the more soulful end of jazz, and sharing something with the limber 1970s sound of another former Ellis employer, Van Morrison. Guitarist Denny Ilett's ‘Eyelets’ is an especially warm summer breeze.

Dubbed ‘The Kid’ in his native Bristol when he began gigging aged 12, at 34 this solo debut – though 2010's Don’t You Worry ’Bout That by James Morton's Porkchop was that in all but name – finds Morton maturely slipping between styles, aided by Ellis and Wesley guest-spots. Blaxploitation brass on ‘Step Up’ veers closer to Soul II Soul due to Alex Johansen's vocal, while ‘The Hymn’ showcases the Soul Collective Gospel Choir.

Fellow Bristolian Andy Sheppard, another long-time mentor, duets on warm workout ‘If They Only Knew’.

This won’t set any worlds alight, but provides a decent payload of optimistic funk.