Taylor,James Best Of Acid Jazz CD

The James Taylor Quartet rode the late-Eighties/early-Nineties acid-jazz wave to find well-deserved fame alongside the likes of the Brand New Heavies - and, like that band, are still very much around today. Modeled on Sixties instrumental icons Booker T. and the M.G.'s, and led by eponymous keyboardist Taylor, they have long since shrugged off the coincidence of names with the veteran US singer/songwriter. There's a fine live cover of that Booker T. and the M.G.'s 'Green Onions' here, but the rest of the music is distinctively and unashamedly their own. The current line-up teams the main man with Chris Montague (guitar), Andrew McKinney (bass) and Adam Betts (drums), although recordings and live performances feature a horn section comprising John Willmott (tenor sax/flute) and Nick Smart (trumpet), along with vocalist Yvonne Yanney.

1. Blow Up 2. One Mint Julip 3. Mission Impossible 4. Mrs Robinson 5. The Money Spyder 6. One Way Street 7. Mr Cool's Dream 8. The Onion Club 9. In the Park 10. Love Will Keep Us Together 11. 3 Mile Island 12. Free Your Mind 13. Good Thing 14. Stepping Into My Life 15. Whole Lotta Love 16. Keep on Moving 17. In the Hand of the Inevitable 18. Love Ballad 19. Europa 20. Creation 21. It's Your World 22. The Theme from Dirty Harry 23. Don't Let Money Be Your God 24. Check It Out 25. Alfie 26. Green Onions 27. Keep the Dream Alive 28. The Vanishing Point 29. Haitian Breakdown / Starsky ; Hutch 30. The Cat