MY WORLD 02/16/2018 while "Testify" owes as much

while "Testify" owes as much to Caribbean grooves and soul as jazz

Originally issued on vinyl as THE METAL BOX in England (or 2ND EDITION in the U

the believably desperate "Down Again" (featuring a hair-raising vocal from Hughes)

Before Gerald Albright began charming audiences with the sleek saxophone sound of his crossover jazz albums

and also brought back guitarist Ron Cornelius

MY WORLD 02/16/2018 while "Testify" owes as muchDespite popular belief to the contrary, soul music was alive and well through much of the 1980s and '90s, but while Southern specialist labels like Malaco and Ichiban were still giving traditional R&B shouters a place to be heard, most of their records were made on the cheap with synths and drum machines taking the place of live bands and imaginative productions and arrangements. Thankfully, a new generation of soul enthusiasts has gotten into the