John Fordham reviews A Timeless Place, a newly released 1990 radio broadcast recording by English jazz vocalist Norma Winstone with Hanover's NDR Radio Orchestra, praising it as capturing the singer at her peerless best. Winstone, now in her 80s and celebrated across a 60-year career with landmark albums, awards and an MBE, is described as a masterful lyricist and confident improviser whose subtle, emotionally rich style continues to resonate.

The album's title track sets Winstone's much-covered lyric to Jimmy Rowles' tune The Peacocks, while other highlights include her wordless improvisation on Ralph Towner's The Glide, a sardonic take on Steve Swallow's Ladies in Mercedes, and an acclaimed rendition of I Loves You, Porgy. The recording, arranged by her longtime collaborator Steve Gray for a top-tier band, is held up as archival evidence of the enduring spirit that still defines her work today.