Citrus Sun is Bluey’s Jazzier group and ‘Anaconga’ their fifth album is a mixture of covers and original material featuring some great musicians as you would expect. The album has a real feel good vibe throughout. ‘Mister Mellow’ is a nice laid back cover of a Maynard Ferguson track featuring Kevin Robinson on trumpet. Erykah Badu’s ‘Honey’ is given a jazzier groove and features Natalie Duncan on vocals. Ronnie Foster’s much sampled mid tempo jazz funk groove ‘Mystic Brew’ is given a slightly lusher treatment ft Graham Harvey on keyboards, then the tempo rises midway as Charlie Allen on guitar and Dominic Glover on Flugelhorn take solos. Homage is given to singer songwriter Bobby Caldwell on ‘Down For The Third Time’ and ‘The Boy Beneath The Sea’ is an uptempo instrumental, ‘In Search Of The Blue Note’ is a jazzier mid tempo groove inspired by New York City’s jazz history and nightlife being the highlights of the new material.
The slightly quirky groove ‘Sing To My Beat’ features Deborah Bond and Tony Momrelle on background vocals and ad libs. ‘Santiago’ ft Rega Duana on harmonica and Glover on trumpet, which has a South American feel. Strong and very well produced album which
will appeal to Bluey’s many fans.
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