Notable appearances include:

• Malika Tyrolien Unterfahrt Munich tonight

• Jacques Schwarz-Bart le duc des Lombards Paris Thursday

Released last month what grabbed us most about The Harlem Suite early on in this homage to the New York city district framed by its interconnectedness with the Caribbean reliably inventive saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart excelled in the treatment of Herbie Hancock and Benny Maupin's 'Butterfly' that featured a fine vocal by Schwarz-Bart's fellow Guadeloupean the singer Malika Tirolien (playing Munich tonight) known for her work with Snarky Puppy. Schwarz-Bart known for his explorations of Gwoka and voodoo musical cultures who has a very emotive flexible inflection to his sound also tackles John Coltrane's 'Equinox' in the record and puts his own spin on the classic to make it a stately 'Equivox'.

• Melt Trio Zig Zag Berlin Thursday

• Paolo Fresu Blue Note Milan Friday and Saturday

• Ari Hoenig trio Porgy & Bess Vienna Saturday

• Georgia Cécile le duc des Lombards Paris Saturday

Last month's Sure of You a duo album from the Glasgow torch singer Georgia Cécile and pianist Fraser Urquhart isn't zip-a-dee-doo-dah at all. Bernstein show song 'Lucky To Be Me' is lovingly treated and Urquhart's often hidden in plain sight accompaniment is best heard in the way he introduces Bobby Troup's 'Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring,' the B side of Jimmie Rodgers 1957 hit, 'Honeycomb'. His version seems so cheesy nowadays but Cécile's definitely isn't. The most recent song covered here was Gregory Porter's 'Modern Day Apprentice' which was on 2020's All Rise and again you obtain a gospelly sensation through and through. Most unexpected choice of all was Estonian holy minimalist composer Arvo Pärt's 'My Heart's In The Highlands' setting of lyrics by Robert Burns, the clear big Scottish statement. If anything Sure of You is deeper into jazz and even more convincing than Only The Lover Sings although there is nothing here that matches the extraordinary impact of 'Harpoon' on that earlier album.

FURTHER AHEAD

• Nicole Mitchell and Ballake Sissoke Fasching Stockholm Tuesday 18 April

• Nicole Mitchell and Mark Sanders Casa del Jazz Rome Friday 21 April

• Lee Meehan Quartet Arthur's Dublin Sunday 23 April

Georgia Cécile, photo: press, plays Paris on Saturday night