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Ross Lorraine: More from the Heart review – refreshing summer jazz songs


The British composer and pianist is joined by a classy lineup of vocalists and sextet for 12 cliche-free originals

More recently he remembered he’s been a songwriter all along, and in 2022 delivered Heart of Mine, a critically acclaimed collection of jazz-centric numbers sung by half a dozen UK singers. Vocalist Claire Martin again produces, with lead duties shared between Joanna Eden, Iain Mackenzie, Charlie Wood, Irene Serra, Noemi Nuti and Christine Tobin, alongside a classy sextet led by pianist Nikki Iles. At the other end of the spectrum comes the mournful retrospection of Scissors Paper Stone and the tender Sleep My Darling, both featuring the cello of Joe Giddey.

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