Andrea Balducci is an Italian crooner who's hitched his star to the bandwagon that's carrying Michael Bublé ever onwards and upwards. 'Bloom' is his debut album and it's released on vogue-ish Milanese label Schema Records, who have a reputation for decent Euro soul and jazz. To help Balducci deliver, label bosses have drafted in some biggish names on the European soul/jazz scene –most notably Pietro Ciancagini the man behind Mario Biondi's success and Teppo Makynen (drums), Jukka Eskola (trumpet) and Timo Lassy (tenor sax) from Finland's acclaimed jazz outfit the Five Corners Quintet. Between them they give a deal of credibility to proceedings and make the music maybe more Jamie Cullum than Michael Bublé.