The Ronnie Scott's Club Quintet - The Sound of Soho (2016)

I bought this CD as a souvenir of one of my visits to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the Quintet perform live, but this album captures the atmosphere and vibrancy of the club and the music is simply stunning. You can detect the audience in the background of this live performance during some of the numbers and occasional prompts from band members but this adds to the music. The recording quality is outstanding and this was done live in the club in 2015.
The Quintet are officially one of the house bands of Ronnie Scott's but they are also a renowned band in their own right, touring in the UK and worldwide.
I particularly like Chelsea Bridge which opens with a saxophone solo (Alex Garnett) which meanders slowly along its dreamy journey and is then joined by the trumpet (Freddie Gavito). It could be described as a midnight blues number which really sets the mood.
This album is instrumental and I really enjoy listening to all the tracks. For the general listener it would provide nice relaxing background music, but Jazz connoisseurs should find plenty of riffs to savour.