The New Mastersounds
Album : Ten Years On
Time : 216
Year: 2009
Comments : 2009 release from the British Funk/Acid Jazz outfit. As with previous records, Ten Years On presents an impressive range of grooves and styles, all sheltering from the grey English drizzle under a big Jazz-Funk umbrella. There's the familiar vintage-sounding production, courtesy of guitarist and bandleader Eddie Roberts. The album has guests aplenty: JD73 plays Rhodes on 'Dusty Groove', lending it a distinctly Headhuntersish sound. Seattle-based sax experimentalist Skerik adds dark, lush textures to the eight-minute soundtrack opus 'OOOM'. Fellow Leeds luminary Sam Bell brings the percussion to Eddie's Benson-eque Disco-Jazz on 'Cielo' while Madrid-based Chip Wickham toots a mean flute on 'Chocolate Chip'. One Note.