Geoff Eales is one of British jazz’s more dazzling, and most protean, talents. He’s not voguish, however, and this new album, showing yet another side of his musical personality – it’s subtitled The Flute and Piano Music of Geoff Eales – is unlikely to see him trending on Twitter. In that sense, it could be considered – like all jazz and jazz-related music these days – a failure. (He should work with Justin Bieber next time.) But in all other respects it’s a triumph, fleet of foot and light of spirit, although by no means unable to tap into deeper emotions. It helps that Eales has partnered himself with a fellow virtuoso, Andy Findon, a master of both the classical and ethnic flute, and more than equal to the task of accompanying Eales on this ‘musical travelogue’ as it moves restlessly from Latin America, across Europe and off into the Middle East. Among the 13 originals dedicated to the ‘life-enhancing qualities of the dance’ there’s some tango (‘Farewell Patagonia’) and waltz (‘The Last Kiss’ et al.); ‘In the Pocket’ is a little bit Irish, ‘The Sad Little Geisha Girl’ is pipingly Oriental. It’s both subtle and big-hearted, rhythmically complex and emotionally pure – one for the feet and the head.