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Nitelife, Taylor's second album for Sony, leans more heavily than the first on the Wes Montgomery-cum-George Benson derived smooth-jazz angle, but his commitment to quality, in whatever field he plays, remains intact. Some may question the low flame apparent in the often heavily sequenced tracks, most of which suffer from undistinguished melodies but which are given sophisticated arrangements. Others may regret the lesser presence of genuine improvisation. But Taylor has others goals here. He is making what in the 1950s and 1960s would have been called a "mood music", and what today is often mislabelledmore… smooth jazz. Real smooth jazz has more in common with muzak than music. It serves a social rather than artistic purpose. This record--including the occasional unaccompanied guitar passage--has quality and integrity, just like its Montgomery and Benson models did in their day. The one thing that lets it down is that Taylor, who avoids blatant cliché in every other aspect of the record, hires a saxophonist, Kirk Whalum, who does nothing but ape Turrentine and Washington at their most obvious. --Keith Shadwick

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Music > Albums

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CD

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Martin Taylor - Nitelife (2001) Retail CD

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