The second instalment of Blue Note Re:imagined comprises sixteen revamps of tunes from the label's back catalogue, newly recorded by a cohort of rising British soul, R&B and, listed last here for a reason, jazz stars. On its own terms, it is a classy exercise, but the target market for this series is not traditional Blue Note enthusiasts, weaned on hard bop and its experimentalist sub-strands. Like its predecessor, it is hard to imagine Blue Note Re:imagined II leaving much of that listenership anything other than uncomprehending and unmoved. Instead, the mostly with-vocals album seems aimed at between-bouts post-coital couples with no particular interest in jazz. Nothing wrong with that, and it is a healthier post-coital option than a cigarette. But is it jazz? Only infrequently.

From a jazz perspective, there are four tracks of interest, one each from trumpeter