All twelve tracks, though, whether originals or arresting arrangements of standards and classics such as Jimmy Van Heusen’s ‘Here’s That Rainy Day’, Billy Eckstine’s ‘I Want to Talk About You’ and – aparticular highlight – Monk’s ‘’Round Midnight, are packed with what one recent review termed ‘intriguing inner detail’ and another ‘the tactile sumptuousness of Gibbs’ sound’.

Those wanting a quick sample of same should look no further than the opening bars of the recording’s closing track, the Gibbs staple ‘Country Roads’, with their utterly distinctive harmony and their almost sculptural presence and gravitas, but the entire album, at once vigorous and lush, is a compelling showcase for one of the most original voices in contemporary jazz.