Immanuel Wilkins - 'The 7th Hand' Better than all of those She was married to Lyons too, for what that's worth if anything when it comes to their musical relationship

I think England need to tie Sir J up tight for the next 18 months at least, with apologies to Lancs fans

Seconded on Wilkins and Ross, good players, ambitious writers. I sometimes feel they're ploughing a narrow furrow but they're both relatively young still and have bags of potential. If you approach without thinking you're going to hear Jackie Mac or Bobby H but a very contemporary, as it should be, take on the music then there's lots to like. Hard bop heaven it ain't... When it comes to Wilkins maybe start with 'The 7th Hand' rather than the more recent 'Blues Blood's which is more vocal heavy, very good notwithstanding that  

Hope springs eternal. My ticket is for September. So there is time