Tom Watson

The hot club de Partick return with a classy, very accomplished album that showcases not only their skill in continuing the Parisian swing style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, but also their ability to compose songs and tunes that sound as much a part of the manouche/chanson tradition as, in this case, Charles Trenet’s breezy Menilmontant. The superb, cool singing from violinist Seonaid Aitken is more than just an added bonus, and she really comes to the fore here with her completely unforced (and, on her own fine ballad, January Blue, sincerely affecting) vocals complementing her dynamic, on-fire but always highly musical violin solos.