Expect a tenor sound with history behind every note, from a regular who knows this room as well as any stage in Soho.

The trumpet cuts through a room; the flugelhorn, with its wider bore and rounder tone, pulls the room in close. Expect him to move between the two all night, matching the horn to the mood of the tune. He is a rising talent, and Googlies got there early: this is far from his first Thursday night gig at Botany Bay.

The 2023 Parliamentary Jazz Awards shortlisted him for Instrumentalist of the Year, and he now plays a tenor saxophone with a history of its own: it reputedly belonged first to Hank Mobley, then to Ronnie Scott, before it found its way to Art. Six decades on, and many Thursdays into his history with Googlies, he shows no sign of picking a side.