If Tord Gustavsen provided a telling contrast to Chris Potter, fellow saxophonist Denys Baptiste could be said to be, in many respects, the American's polar opposite: warmth and engagement are his watchwords, his music avowedly an expression of his feelings about life experiences such as fatherhood (the touching 'Special Times'), his musical inspirations (Joe Harriott, Bheki Mseleku) and his involvement over the years with an extraordinary variety of musical forms, from reggae (celebrated with a piece of the music in six, just to keep us on our jazz toes) to funk and improvised music.

Indeed, his set was taken from a new album entitled Identity by Subtraction, thus emphasising the intensely personal nature of his music, and with longtime associate Gary Crosby providing rock-steady but suitably propulsive bass, the dazzling Andrew McCormack tearing into everything set in front of him as if he feared he might never get a chance to play piano again, and drummer Rod Youngs both versatile and rousing, this was a highly enjoyable set, not least for the chance it provided of listening to a cultured but emotive tenor player making a series of utterly individual statements.