This is saxophonist-composer Trish Clowes’ follow up to her well-received debut Tangent released on Basho in 2010. On that recording her sensitive arrangements for string orchestra added substance as well as decoration to her compositions and were at times favourably reminiscent of Eddie Sauter's great work with Stan Getz on Focus and the soundtrack Mickey One. One of the focal points of the new release And in the Night-Time She is There is the ‘Iris Nonet’, a three-movement chamber suite for string quartet and its aim is to move towards integration of the classical and jazz musicians in terms of their roles. The string quartet is led by the virtuoso violinist Thomas Gould and they improvise along with Clowes’ jazz quartet. Drawing from elements of twentieth century classical chamber music, the pieces evolve as dense, impressionistic ensemble textures while elsewhere on the album the tone is more enigmatic, the sound more spacey as the jazz quartet explore her original themes. Clowes’ melodies are memorable: especially the sleepy Bill Frisell-like drift of ‘Atlas’, the elegantly arranged chamber jazz piece ‘Animator’ that sounds as if it could have come off Brad Mehldau's 2009 Highway Rider CD, and the baroquelike ‘Seven’ that's reminiscent of Lennie Tristano during his pioneering late-1940s classical-oriented free improv period. The album's coda, ‘Little Tune’, is an intimate, lightly swinging duet with guitarist Chris Montague, whose input is more understated than in his band Troyka. It has some old school magic about it, Clowes’ sweet feathery tenor tone recalling that of Stan Getz in the higher register and the influence of Lester Young in the lower range. It's a highly engaging recording.