Anita Wardell - Kinda Blue (2008)

'Australia's loss has been London's gain for more than a decade in Anita Wardell, whose natural affinity with swing and scat allied with that rare ability to sensitively express a ballad and make a song her own, is the complete package. Add her penchant for vocalese (singing words to jazz solos) and you have something very special. The 2006 BBC Jazz awards winner's second album for the label is built around the word "blues" although some songs are only related. Enjoy the ebullient scat singing (Limehouse Blues), expressive longing (I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues) and the quirky (Loose Bloose).