The fact a student came along and recorded this duo performance by alto saxophonist Martin Speake and pianist Liam Noble one August lunchtime five years ago made all the difference. Because this release otherwise would not have existed. In the current climate of not being able to attend live performances at all a recording such as this takes on an extra dimension, a novelty if you like. Certainly you get a sense of place, the character-laden quality of the recording in the historic Old Royal Naval College Chapel in Greenwich is an invisible third member. Tunes are very familiar: Speake quite poetic and attentive to the strains of 'Round Midnight,' 'Epistrophy' and more; Noble, as so often, a sensitive presence capable of blindsiding the listener with his oblique diversions and impressionistic touch. Martin Speake top. Photo: Bandcamp