Jazz is all about being in the moment, but it’s all about the experiences you’ve had prior to being in that moment too, and sometimes it’s also in significant part about the research you’ve conducted. That’s certainly the case with this engaging disc from vocalist/composer Jessica Radcliffe, who began work on her Remembrance project in 2014, developing it as a component of her final year at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she graduated with First Class Honours in Jazz Voice. It then received its premiere at the London Jazz Festival in 2016, and now, just as the centenary commemorations for its subject, World War I, have drawn to a close, it’s available on CD. The opening (title) track begins with Radcliffe’s wordless rendition of the ‘Last Post’, closely followed by ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’, which has Radcliffe speaking and declaiming the words of Wilfred Owen’s poem in best Sprechgesang style over a skittering, pulsing musical backdrop, a little à la Michael Garrick; words drawn from a letter to the front and the speeches of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst feature in ‘Jack – Jack’ and ‘I Would Rather Be A Rebel’. Ivor Gurney and other composers of the period exert an influence too. It never quite surprises – WWI has been in deep focus for the past half-decade, so doing something that achieves a genuine perspective-shift is no easy challenge – but it’s richly conceived and played. A fine debut from a promising performer and writer.