Released: 1996
Tracks: Kazango; No lo Visto; It’s All Right With Me; Minor Swing; Le Poinçonneur des Lilas; Black Trombone; Place de Brouckere; After You’ve Gone; Come Di; Blues en Mineur; Botch-A-Me; Brazil; Happy Feet; Y La Chalupa Va
Best track: Hard to choose, either It’s All Right, Brouckere, or Brazil
Track to skip: none
The second of the three versions of this album. These guys are lucky that not only is the album good enough, but the band is good enough as well that they can release this album THREE times. They decided to re-release this after Juliana Sheffield joined as vocalist. I’m sure they thought Juliana would stick around for a while and they wouldn’t ever need to put it out a third time. Oh well!
You know, I’m not complaining. This is the only album I own that features Juliana on the whole thing in such a prominent role. And I also prefer the music on this one to the previous version. Instead of recording it live at the Continental Club, this one is a studio production and it greatly benefits from perfect sound they got. All the nuances in the instruments come out better and the singing is amazing. As I’ve said a billion times before in all these reviews, Juliana Sheffield is a goddess and I could listen to her sing all day, every day. I’d just be in a perpetual state of bliss and I’d love it.
You can own this album for Juliana’s vocal performance or you can own it for the excellent instrumental abilities of the guys, but it’s something I totally recommend. This is a fantastic jazz album with excellent playing, singing, composing, and attitude. Also, this version has songs not on the first issue (some of the best ones). This is the version you should seek out when getting this album. Excellent.
Rating: 96
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