Lunchtime is not the ideal time for jazz. What you really need is a smoky bar and one or two beers under your belt.

However, pianist Louis Vause and his quartet of drums, electric bass, flugelhorn/ trumpet and saxophone/flute shone through the formality of the Pavilion Theatre to give a set that was fine, straight-ahead, slightly old-fashioned jazz to make your toes tap.

Vause is an out-and-out blues man, heavily influenced by the New Orleans sound with a touch of bebop and a rich vein of artistry and a great technique.

From the opening of the set to the final note of Mechanicatastrophe, after a Thelonius Monk number, this band was a rip-roaring success.

Vause's solo work is terrifically gusty and when he was joined by John Eacott on trumpet and flugelhorn, the sound was absolutely terrific.

And it didn't stop there. Welshman Gareth Huw Davies joined them on electric bass, Dave Bryant came in on drums and Louise Elliott took control of tenor sax and flute to make this a quintet of distinction.

Some of the material was Vause's own and it included not a little humour which became even funnier as Vause introduced each piece with a witty quip.

Who would have guessed one piece was inspired while getting up in the middle of the night and stubbing a toe?

Vause and his band, here on just their second gig together, look set to be a major attraction and if Pavilion By The Sea is anything to go by, they will become a welcome visitor to the city.