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Jazzy comforts.

hal st soul | between London and Los Angeles | 02/08/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album marks the return to form for the Collective who release their best album since the classic `We The People'.



After a five years recording hiatus, the New York City acid jazz outfit is back with a leaner sextet lineup, a more Afro-Cuban focus, and the familiar weighty bass lines of Jonathan Maron on his Guild Starfire and Univox Coily.



Maron melds retro funk and terse tumbaos into killer ostinatos on tracks like "What If", the Afrobeat "DFU" (featuring Fred Wesley) and "Outermost".



His playing is chunky but my pick is the aptly titled ballad "Eat No Space".



Listen also to "Forgotten Travellers" and the organ led "6 for Fred".



The Latin cuts kick hard such as "Tito" and "Mambomongo" .



Don't miss the straighter Jazz cuts such as the Hancock cover "Speak Like A Child" that is truly brilliant."

Great comeback...

Smitty | Atlanta | 06/06/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This release by groove collective feature a more focus approach on jazz rhythms with the already present latin flavor. This may have occurred due to the new signing with the Savoy Jazz label. At any rate, it's good music and still has a lot of the "collective" elements. Standout tracks are the loungy "what if" and the smooth "speak like a child". This one is worth getting."