The bored squaddie who took up guitar in a Belfast barracks continues to march onwards and upwards. Having emerged from the army, rock and fusion groups and dues-paying years with the likes of JTQ, the Filthy Six and other dance outfits with whom he still does occasional shifts, Nigel Price has become a formidable jazz artist. Here on Alan Barnes’ Woodville label is the double-disc follow-up to his eponymous debut album as leader, and most impressive it is. CD one, Heads, features his trio with two guests, the rapidly maturing tenorist Alex Garnett and busy session percussionist Snowboy, on a series of originals based on standard changes. This worthy post-bop stratagem also serves as an amusing identification test, which in my experience not all writers would pass. The titles offer helpful clues. For musicians and guitarists in particular, the meat of this package is on disc two, a solo-guitar duet created by double-tracking, something Bill Evans memorably attempted on piano in his classic album Conversations with Myself. Price's lustrous performances of ‘Body and Soul’, ‘Speak Low’, ‘Summertime’ and six other great standards are rich in stylistic references to major players from Django to Wes and a whole raft of sophisticated chord voicings. He must now prepare himself for a mobile meltdown of emails and text-messages from female singers suggesting duo gigs.