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BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY It Never Rains - The Things You Do - Bright Lights, Big City - Family - My Foolish Heart - Back Home - Butterknowle Blues - Show You... - The Way - It Never Rains (radio version) - The Things You Do (radio version) 1999 Jazzizit Records JITCD 9920 Malcolm MacFarlane - guitars Price: £12.50 - to order click here |
| "Take a
slice through this CD with a hot, sharp knife and, whichever way you cut, you'd find
chunks of the best. If you bought this purely as a pop album, then Jacqui Hicks'
vocals would leave you in no doubt that you were listening to one of the top jazz/soul
artists working in Britain at the moment. If I said that her reworking of My Foolish
Heart had all of the power and passion of the best modern American singers, then you
should know what I mean. An English rose combined with the artistry of Aretha
Franklin or Chaka Khan. Saxophonist
Arian Revell has worked extensively with Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies and
Incognito. His fine tone and mature, restrained chops mark him out as someone to
search out and study. His soprano saxophone playing over Phil Mulford's muted
fretless bass on the intro to Back Home is sweetly lyrical with a distinctly personal
voice. The rhythm section of leaders Phil Mulford (bass) and Malcolm MacFarlane
(guitar), Chris Dagley (drums) with a touch of Mike Bradley and Simon Carter (keyboards)
have a joint CV that stretches over many years and styles. Putting it simply they
know how to groove without displaying all their wares at once. And I didn't even
mention fusion." |
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