1. at first : an improvised overture

2. this trombone : an introductory poem

3. louis : a musical tribute to the greatest New Orleans musician

4. for the record : a poem about the inspirations of old recordings

5. movin' on : an upbeat tune in traditional jazz style

6. about bert : a trombonist remembered: Bert Moray held court in a scruffy pub in the City

7. new orleans nocturne : a glimpse of Jelly Roll Morton, sparked by Lomax's biography, Mister Jelly Roll

8. south of the river : an old-style stomp from the badlands of South London

9. showtime : a trad jazz anecdote

10. jot : a plunger-mute ballad

11. you hum it : life in the pizzeria

12. one for bukowski : a tribute to a prolific proletarian poet

13. and another thing : second thoughts on the overture

14. farewell concert : a nature study

15. owns a sax : the lurking danger of saxophonitis

16. this morning : a poet gets the blues

17. weather bird : a poem in response to the classic recording by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines

18. the stopper : thoughts from the cellar

19. tango tarita : for a dancer with love

20. devotion : in praise of swing, dedicated to bandleader Mick Collins

21. redriff : a tune from/for Rotherhithe 

22. noises off : a festival earful

23. blues for lacy : a tribute to inspirational saxophonist Steve Lacy, heard and met at a landmark conference on Buckminster Fuller at RIBA in 1999

24. vive steve : more notes for Lacy

25. rooftop rendezvous : a climber, inspired by Raymond Queneau's poetic form, morale elementaire, and taking its spiralling form from a residential building, Mariner House

26. uptalk turnoff : crusading against a linguistic virus

27. movin' on (again) : ending up with Latin music, recycling into the distance