This new album from the outstanding vocalist Tina May serves almost like a second act to her previous Hep Jazz release, Divas, with similarly impressive results. The high benchmark of this 12-track collection is set with the deeply swinging title track, the first of seven apposite arrangements by tenor player and clarinetist Frank Griffith, and never falters. Prefaced by John Pearce's quotation of Erik Satie's haunting ‘Gnossienne No.1’, May exudes an oceanic stillness in ‘Lazy Afternoon’, while Paul Denniker's ‘S'posin’ features a lovely scatting duet between May and drummer, Winston Clifford, plus a blink-and-you'd miss-it quote from ‘It Ain't Necessarily So’ sneaked in right at the death by Griffith. It's also great to hear a brace of fine songs by octogenarian tenor player Duncan Lamont, ‘Where Were You In April’ and ‘Manhattan In The Rain’, two of four tracks featuring the elegant playing of the Bowfiddle String Quartet. With detailed notes on the music by producer Alistair Robertson, other highlights including Griffith's terrific bossa arrangement of ‘I Wish I Knew’, a plaintive ‘Si Tu Partais’ (previously recorded by the singer on her 2011 album Tina May sings Piaf) and May's beautiful legato singing in ‘Haunted Heart’.