The man like Gilles gets out his musical knowledge once again for our listening pleasure.
Although the Talking Loud head honcho and erstwhile jazz aficionado is known more these days for his keen eye when it comes to spotting out key contemporary talent, this selection showcases his more retro side.
The tracklisting is the kind that gives journalists split feelings of fear and joy. Fear because unless they're the most anal of trainspotters (many of us aren't, by the way - that's DJs) they won't know a single name on it and will feel incredibly ignorant.
Joy because that also means a whole new world of sounds that you never knew existed, and if Gilles is in the driving seat, you can bet your bottom dollar it's gonna be a world you'll enjoy.
The compilation features eight tracks, half of them close to or over the ten minute mark, and all created by British artists operating in the 1960s.
Names like the Michael Garrick Trio, Harry Beckett, Graham Collier, Tubby Hayes and Don Rendell grace the tracklisting and present between them a variegated selection of sounds.
There is no one dominant style; the sounds range from modern bop to cool jazz, freeform avant flows and straight up funk and dance jazz, each track a mini-masterpiece with impeccable composition and lashings of hep style and sonic brightness.
With so much emphasis these days on the phrase 'jazzy' within dance music, this is the perfect compilation for those who want to know what the word means and to venture a little deeper into this vast, complex and entertaining music form.
It may have more noodles than a Chinatown dustbin but this is one endlessly sassy comp.
