Zena's new album, Captivated, is due out before Christmas and she previewed a few songs along with tunes from her first album, Tell Me More, and other jazz-pop standards.
Michael Jackson's Human Nature was a great choice for a crossover jazz singer and alto saxophonist Simon Allen's lyrical solos lifted it above pure copycatism.
* More details at www.zenajames.com and Splash Point Digital.
* Jazz listings and other concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields at www.smitf.org.
