The energy is rock, the feeling pop, the spirit jazz and the groove implacable - this is the magic formula of authentic soul jazz singer Sandra Nkaki. with magnificent support from a rhythm section recalling the heyday of Stax and two poetic reedmen, this album, with compositions and lyrics by Sandra and her close partner, flautist-producer Ja Dru, packs a powerful punch. Old instruments, appealing arrangements, a retro-futurist atmosphere studded with echoes of sixties songs and soundtracks of cult films, a spacey production - everything here conspires to make Nothing for Granted an explosive manifesto where Sandra Nkaki's rough-hewn voice rings out like a cry of freedom.
The energy is rock, the feeling pop, the spirit jazz and the groove implacable - this is the magic formula of authentic soul jazz singer Sandra Nkaki. with magnificent support from a rhythm section recalling the heyday of Stax and two poetic reedmen, this album, with compositions and lyrics by Sandra and her close partner, flautist-producer Ja Dru, packs a powerful punch. Old instruments, appealing arrangements, a retro-futurist atmosphere studded with echoes of sixties songs and soundtracks of cult films, a spacey production - everything here conspires to make Nothing for Granted an explosive manifesto where Sandra Nkaki's rough-hewn voice rings out like a cry of freedom.
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