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Title: (too) many faces of...
Review: Mr. Snowboy has been around. He has done this and that. Snowboy has made himself a known figure/musician of the latin ACID JAZZ era, which is (un)fortunately dead. In this album, Snowboy has collaborated with many musicians - D-Zine, (most of the) James Taylor Quartet, Bob Batterbee and many more, musicians that come from many music styles, in order to make a colorful and imaginative album. The buttom line is that this album is not homogenous, and misses it's purpose. The latin tracks (TRAPUCADA, JAZZAKUTI, THE NEW AVENGERS), in which snowboy leads the gang are not new to the ear, but never the less - energentic. But when programming, scratches and rap blends in (I AM THE MAN, HAVANA), it doesn't sound natural. Pity. A nice album which doesn't survive the changes in music since 1996, so this is not the one to start with, but maybe the one for a very non-formal evening, when you don't want to impress too much your guests.
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