Schwartz's studio in Ardingly, this is a fine opportunity to enjoy the often unjustly forgotten-about German saxophonist Dudek, now well into his seventies but still playing with some vigour. It's a set that deftly combines the familiar (Ornette's ‘Congeniality’ and ‘Duke Ellington's Sound of Love’ by Mingus) with songs that may well be just as instantly recognisable one day (Kenny Wheeler's ‘We Salute the Night’ and ‘Fedora’). There's even an arrangement of some classical music, Bach's ‘Der Tag mit Seinem Lichte’, thrown in for good measure, and entirely appropriate. Dudek, probably best known for his work alongside Alan Skidmore in the European Jazz Quintet, always displays great sincerity in his playing and accords much respect in the direction of the avant garde masters of the 1960s and their successors. Although clearly not cutting edge music as we understand it today, Day and Night is all about fine craftsmanship and the power of instinctive interpretation. There's no attempt to be clever-clever, which is one of the reasons why the album is so smart and likeable.