For his latest album renowned DJ/Producer Toshio Matsuura enlisted some of the Uk’s finest musicians, including drummer Tom skinner as musical director. “Love Play Dance – 8 Scenes From The Floor” is an alternate take on covers that captures Matsuura’s wide ranging taste from Jazz to dance and beyond. Cuban vocalist Dayme Arocena adds a new flavor to Rotary Connection’s “Black Gold Of The Sun” with the help of her Havana based musicians. “Kitty Bey”, a spiritual jazz classic originally performed by Byron Morris and Unity. The intense reboot features Yussef Dayes, trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and rising star Nubya Garcia respectively. The Flying Lotus cover “Do The Astral Plane” is transformed from avant garde electronica to swinging jazz suitable for the dance floor. This is another enjoyable disc from Brownswood recordings that deserves your attention. Matsuuro demonstrates that jazz and dance aren’t worlds apart when placed in the right hands.
