Recorded live at the Lincoln Centre in April this year, these two artists need no introduction. With a masterful orchestra and added percussion, these guys cruise through a collection of dixieland-meets-creole influenced classics. A surprisingly good version of Layla is here, a track that I was dreading hearing because how could you better the original? But fear not, it’s different but it works, as does Joe Turner’s Blues and Careless Love. Taj Mahal is a guest vocalist on Just A Closer Walk With Thee and does it so well. If you want to imagine you were there it’s really easy with this album; just pump up the volume and applause.

Alice Bisits is from Readings Malvern