Trumpeter Hodgkins, the former Director of Jazz Services, and now a willing freelance player, has usually tended to record with small ensembles, using fellow-UK players with whom he feels at ease and often commissioning interesting original compositions. Here, though, he’s working with the Americans Lenore and Wilkinson, their Dean Street gig part of a short, recent tour. Falling into the chamber jazz category and perpetuating the trumpeter’s preference for intimate groupings, the trio’s performances concentrate largely on familiar standards with Hodgkins punching home the melodies in his Eldridge-to-Shavers mainstream style as Lenore and Wilkinson accompany and then take their turns to solo. While Hodgkins has both commendable facility and a vivid imagination, there’s a relative harshness to his tone that may grate for some, but no such caveats apply to the guitarist, an impressive artist with some significant credits to his name, who’s good for rhythm and a delight in solo. So, nice three-way interaction along the way, with Lenore sometimes recalling Ellis Larkins in her accompaniments before she moves into a pleasing amalgam of swing and bop when she solos.