“Louis Vause - celebrated for his work with the Higson’s, Hackney Five-0 and the Madness spin-off group the Nutty Boys - is indeed steeped in such music, but his long-awaited debut album, will delight specialists and tyros alike courtesy of Vause’s gift for composing immediately accessible, highly affecting, yet subtle and delicate piano pieces. The album has a wonderfully relaxed after-hours spontaneity to it that is sadly lacking in much contemporary jazz, but it’s apparent informality belies the artfulness that informs every bar of Vause’s naggingly memorable music. He is joined on some tracks by ex-Loose Tubes trumpeter John Eacott and fellow keyboard player Seamus Beaghen, but it is Vause’s controlled, unshowy virtuosity and the telling juxtaposition of the poignancy of his gentler themes and the exuberance of his more vigorous tunes that make Pianophernalia such a rare treat.” - The Tablet