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Canadian-born trumpeter Phelps, the youngest of this power trio, was last night's leader, with the other two taking supporting roles. Wilson grabs the spotlight tomorrow, with Kinch, the scintillating instrumentalist and rapper recently interviewed at length in this paper, promising a feast of new words, music and dance tonight.

Phelps opened confidently with two standards, St Vitus Dance and Midnight Sun, featuring Andrew McCormack on piano, Matt Home on drums and impressive newcomer Tim Thornton on bass, but sounded less assured when Kinch and Wilson arrived to play his own originals. Admittedly these were challenging pieces with atonal lines that moved in and out of tempo.

All the tension vanished after the interval, when Phelps conducted sparkling arrangements for a youthful 18-piece band containing some brilliant young soloists, notably altoist Lucas Dodd and tenorman Josh Arcoleo. The encores, with vocalists Mike Mwenso and Gwyneth Herbert hamming it up like a bacon factory, completed a lively journey from cutting-edge to utter showbiz.

Until tomorrow (020 7520 1490, kingsplace.co.uk)

Explorations
Kings Place
90 York Way
N1 9AG