Variations (1999)

" One listen to "Moonrise" from this recording and immediately the ears become engrossed. Entranced by the beauty of the horns as the funky bass line starts to reverberate within the body. A jazzy house track that states exactly who the band is and where their minds are, this is summer music for all times and the horns add to the New Orleans party atmosphere. Somewhere a group of people are standing by a bonfire watching the stars in peace to this song. This is a collection of tracks on the jazz side of life, but not too abstract or sophisticated to relate to. Variations recalls a time when someone said to me, "Acid jazz is dead". That always bothered me, because the fact is, acid jazz never died. People's attention might of been diverted but it's still going strong, always changing with the times. Just like this album, alive." (Phred Scott)