Shakatak are an exceptionally BRILLIANT band, I can not say any more than that. Loved this so much, took me back to when I was just a young 18 year old many moons ago. 🥰😇
I was 8 when they were formed and I never was interested in their smooth sound. Since then I've got my ear in for jazz harmony and spent best part of a decade in a salsa band. Seeing her let rip on the timbales and the bell in the opening number was a surprise and a treat! MORE COWBELL!
I've always felt Shakatak and XTC have remained grossly underrated. I guess that's the price for being truly original and refusing to join in with everything MOR going on all around you. The stylish sensitivity of this band's interaction provides an object-lesson in gorgeously tight, attentive and sophisticated ensemble-playing - a joy from beginning to end! Even the slightly tired intonation in the early 'Nightbirds' vocals is completely forgivable when, in general, live performance is of such exceptionally high quality.
Trancending the live jazz scene with the smooth jazz recording scene is in itself an astonishing achievement. Shakatak has been the soundtrack of my life for 40 years noe.
Знаковая команда,замечательная,оставившая след,и давшая направление многим музыкантам.Я думаю,что night birds играли почти во всех ресторанах)))))Отличные,яркие,светлые мелодии,подобраные тембра,великолепные аранжировки и конечно фантастическая игра!Технично!А какой голос у Джилл!!!!!Здорово!Слушаю,наверное с 1988 г. И буду слушать!!!!))))
