Positive Reviews

Hi guys! Usually when I do a research for my blog I decide to rely on blind luck. This time with some help of a friend from work I turned to Japan to discover some jazz music. Then album Morning Island by Sadao Watanabe emerged. After quick check on the Internet I realised that I’m about to hear a legendary musician that was playing on saxophone before even my parents were born! So I quickly dived into this album and learnt that there is a lot of beautiful music ahead of me. Sadao Watanbe is a Japanese multi instrumentalist who divided his time between his homeland and USA (he was a student in Boston Barkley's collage). Morning Island is a 42th (!) release by this great musician (he has more than 70 compilations and albums done!). So at the start I had a title song. And it couldn't be more beautiful! Sound is soothing, mellow with a flute that provides a lovely melody, if you are not in the mood after you woke up, try this song! I bet it will ease your nerves and help y...

Hi guys! With another Wednesday comes another Positive Review! This time I found a band that is rooted deeply in funk and acid jazz. Shame on me as they’re a bit older than me and I’ve never heard of them (this is why I have the blog, to educated myself and share my experience with you). They released 10 albums and bunch of other stuff (for more info, check their Wikipedia page). Two masterminds, Simon Bartholomew and Andrew Levy, since the start keep the right course for the band. “Get Used to it” is their 7 th album. It’s a fantastic mix of funk, jazz, bit of a samba rhythm and a lot of dancing and swinging song, which you can easily mix in your playlist when you will be organising some house party! Titled song is one of my favourites. Suggestive melody done by brilliantly played bass guitar, voice of N’Dea Davenport creates very smooth and almost erotic feel. It’s one of the most sensual songs on whole album. Love to come back to it. In “We Won’t Stop” vocal brings R’n’B charac...

In my new post I would like to go back again to the 80’s but this time to focus on a grandfather of rap music. I heard name Kurtis Blow maybe once in my life. Some guys, who were deep in rap subculture, mentioned him on some completely random occasion, as a guy who started it all. I easily forgot about him (as on that time I was fully focused on metal scene) and moved along. But now, when I was searching for a new inspiration for my blog, I couldn't past on Kurtis like I did last time. Quick glance on Wikipedia gave me even more backbone to give him and his album “The Deuce” a chance. Since the first, title song started, I was hooked on. I heard funky style, punchy bass guitar and that groove you can swing to. But then Kurtis started rapping. And combination of rap and live band put a smile on my face. How good were they getting along? For me it was a perfect combo. In every song there is enough space for a good melody, hip-shaking dance moments but also enough for quick and m...