“A pivotal figure on the London jazz scene, both in her decade-long role as facilitator of Blow the Fuse’s live programmes and as the capital’s answer to Grant Green, guitarist Deirdre Cartwright has assembled a superbly alert, sympathetic band for this, her group’s fourth album.

Their material, the vast majority of it original, ranges from light-funk or latin-tinged meditations on life, the cosmos and quiet inner strength, delivered via vocalist Sarah P’s gentle ‘Gaia rap’ and smooth-voiced singing, to more robust rock pieces (‘Beautiful or What’ a climactic highlight) and visits to everything from dub, bluesy shuffles, Kate Bush and the sort of subtle, classy fusion associated with that undersung late-1980s unit, the Jimmy Giuffre 4.

As they did on the album’s illustrious predecessor, Precious Things (2002), Cartwright’s band – sparkling but strong keyboardist Janette Mason, sonorous bassist Alison Rayner, brisk, sharp drummer Carola Grey – play a pleasingly varied programme impeccably, packing a considerable punch where needed but providing hair-trigger responsiveness throughout. A thoughtfully programmed, unequivocally enjoyable album.”