Vocalist Imogen Ryall is back with her second album with Rubicon Classics. After her successful album ‘Imogen Ryall sings the Charles Mingus/Joni Mitchell Songbook’, Imogen is now joined by renowned Czech composer & pianist Emil Viklický who has collaborated with Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Songs is a collection of eleven compositions, 10 of which are origianl pieces written by Emil with lyrics supplied by Imogen. The rest of the band consists of Julian Nicholas on saxophone, Czech bassist Petr Dvorský, who hails from Prague with Viklický, and Eric Ford on drums.

Last year, Emil and Imogen performed this programme at the famous 606 Jazz club with positive reception. “an enjoyable and intimate evening”. londonjazznews.com (April 2023).