In the Great American Songbook, Alyson Green and her Jazz Trio featured a series of arrangements from a catalogue of jazz standards and a handful of contemporary pieces.

With an elegant sizzle to her voice, Green charmed her audience - a component essential to the success of this performance, given that she was forced into a musical tug-of-war with a nearby stage whose music was all too audible during her set.

With a certain musical grace, if lacking distinction in range and colour, the band managed an impressive set, kept together by impeccable sound and good humour.