There’s been so many pre-emptive strikes from this release, that listening to it is a little like listening to a compilation of all your favourite well lubricated chill-outs of the last two or three years: ‘Harry The Guitar’, ‘Latin Prayer’, ‘Step On It’, ‘Bossa For The Devil’ – they’re all there. Husky, dusky and finger-twiddling sharp, it’s a veritable funky fest of quim-quivering Latin and five-finger fidgeting flamenco.
Jazzy, bluesy, soulful and as comfortable as a bathful of jelly, tracks like ‘B-Boy Blue’, and ‘Disco Scene’ take a shot of Philadelphia, a shot of jazz and a dozen or so capfuls of genius, whilst ‘Hundred & One Keys’ purrs like a cat on cream.
Flexible, fruity and made for joy.