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Cat: JAZZR 022. Rel: 27 Mar 23
Jazz

Side 1 - Track 1. Ain't Tell You A Good Way ButSide 1 - Track 2. Check Out Your MindSide 1 - Track 3. Ain't Funky NowSide 1 - Track 4. What's Going OnSide 2 - Track 1. Sham TimeSide 2 - Track 2. Greasy SpoonSide 2 - Track 3. Dock Of The Bay

Japanese jazz great Takehiro Honda began his career with a series of classical hard-bop albums and ended it with a swathe of fine fusion sets. Sandwiched in between you'll find a series of excursions into different sides of the jazz spectrum, including this rare - and genuinely brilliant - set of instrumental and soul-jazz tracks recorded with the assistance of a big-band style 'jazz orchestra'. With Honda's killer keys-work (both on piano and organ) at the centre of the action, the assembled collective dashes between energetic run-throughs of original compositions ('Ain't Tell You A Good Way But', 'Ain't Funky Now') and some genuinely killer covers. In the latter category you'll find a thrilling rendition of Curtis Mayfield's 'Check Out Your Mind', a deep and emotive take on Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On', and a life-affirming interpretation of Otis Redding's 'Sitting on the Dock of the Bay'.