Emily Saunders Band/Byron Wallen

Emerging vocal star Saunders has that rare combination of a seductive, silky-smooth voice and an effortless ability to write mesmerising melodic Brazilian-tinged modern jazz. Here performing songs from her fine debut album 'Cotton Skies' (F-ire Records), with help from top UK trumpeter Wallen, Saunders is almost certainly a UK answer to the similarly alluring style of US vocalist Gretchen Parlato.