Six months have passed since Incognito last graced the small, but modest stage of London's Famous Jazz Venue, the Jazz Café. On Tuesday evening, the doors were opened to over 300 people, all very keen to experience the collective talents of Bluey and his company in a more intimate environment.

The topic of everyone's conversation was, of course, the new album, and perhaps Incognito's most adventurous work to date, Bees + Things + Flowers. One glance at a setlist lying on the stage answered the question on all of our lips; you could taste the anticipation in the air.

Before too long, the lights brightened and excited chatter made way for applauding as the bandmembers filled their positions on the stage, leaving just one microphone standing unaccompanied. Bluey, seated on the left-hand side, welcomed the audience whilst Matt Cooper laid his fingers on the keys of the grand piano and proceeded to play a tuneful crescendo of notes.

The first half of the setlist consisted of tracks from the new album. Tony Remy's beautiful acoustics led us into the first, a new arrangement of the classic, "Always There" and Imaani, standing directly before me, delivered the soulful lyrics to perfection. "Raise," a strong and powerful fusion of music and vocals preceded a down-beat version of "Everyday," a song that Imaani can surely call her own.

It was at this point that Bluey brought Maysa on to the stage to sing "Still A Friend Of Mine" with Tony Momrelle. Although it was a re-worked version, it retained elements of the original and sounded wonderful. Following this, Bluey humorously introduced “a song about an apple,” "You Are Golden." This was Tony's time to shine; and he did.

Next up was a stunning cover of Roy Ayers' "Everybody Loves The Sunshine," appropriately dedicated to its creator. Joy Rose took the lead and full control of this one, even demanding some participation from the audience towards the end. The atmosphere was electric and we had not yet made the transition into the second half of the evening when Maysa stunned the audience with a beautiful rendition of "Deep Waters."

After a suggestion from Bluey that Frank Tontoh was “sitting on a drum machine,” he proved to us all that the remarkably good percussion we had experienced up until now was nothing other than pure talent. He treated the audience to a 10-minute solo before taking us into "Colibri” and then later a cover of America's "Tin Man," sung by Carleen Anderson. After a brief introduction to the origins of the track, there was a pleasant surprise when Tony stepped forward to sing the lead vocals in Carleen's absence.

The setlist then returned to a sequence of classic Incognito tracks : "As Long As It's You," "Who Needs Love," "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing," "Everyday," "Morning Sun" and "Always There". Bluey chose to break down the final two tracks and build them back up, section by section. This included a contribution from Malcolm "Mollie" Duncan of the Average White Band and plenty of involvement on the audience's part.

Finally, the moment that we had all been anticipating from the start, Earth Wind & Fire's "That's The Way Of The World." After a fitting tribute to both Charles Stepney and Maurice White, the band began to play. I'm quite sure I'm not alone in saying I had tears in my eyes throughout this finale. It was a beautiful end to a beautiful night and, as I took my first few steps away from the Jazz Café, I couldn't help but feel a sense of longing.