Italian Playboys, by The Link Quartet

Italian Playboys

by The Link Quartet

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1.	Move Move Move 03:04	buy track
2.	Italian Playboys 03:24	buy track
3.	Deliquesced By Devonshire 03:21	buy track
4.	The Monster Of Milwaukee 03:49	buy track
5.	Rubber Monkey 02:28	buy track
6.	Greased On Delta Street 04:11	buy track
7.	Janine 02:42	buy track
8.	Portofino Vespa Rider 03:19	buy track
9.	Lady Shave 03:31	buy track
10.	Glass Onion 03:23	buy track
11.	Briar Patch 02:26	buy track
12.	After And Once Again 04:49	buy track
13.	Spider Baby 03:32	buy track
14.	Take Four 05:02	buy track

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Italian Playboys is the new album by the finest italian acid jazzers masters Link Quartet. Just a little taste of what's to come in Italian Playboys with a more complete sound and even more mature (if possible!) than in both previous albums. Not only Hammond beat, the real band's trademark, but also hints of funk, spaceage beat, sitar groove and sprinkling of dancefloor jazz in this album strongly influenced by Small Faces, Brian Auger, James Taylor Quartet and Jean-Jacques Perrey. Italian Playboys includes nine original songs from the classic 6T’s beat styled title track to the introspective After and Once Again, along with a selection of rarely attempted covers including the heavy funk of Jon Lord on Rubber Monkey, an uplifting interpretation of Jack McDuff’s Briar Patch (an alternate version will also appear on the forthcoming McDuff tribute album from Scufflin’ Records), and a scorching slice out of the library classic Move, Move, Move. A part from the extraordinaire DJ NINFA we’ve just mentioned, It Italian Playboys also features Doug Roberson of mod fave The Diplomats of Solid Sound (USA) on guitar for the rich robust jazz of Portofino Vespa Rider, Eddie Roberts of deep funk superstars The New Mastersounds (UK) on sitar for the spicy Spider Baby, and Arnaldo Dodici vocals on the monster Zombies style pop Janine. The new album follows the seminal Beat.It (2002, Hammondbeat), two USA tours with the last stop headlining the world reknowned MODchicago weekender, numerous European festivals, and several score contributions to 6T’s spy-revivalist film Wilson Chance (2004, Bunzendahl Brothers, USA) and soundtrack counterpart Wilson Chance: The Sound of Danger (2004, Hammondbeat).
Italian Playboys songs have already been featured this autumn on the BBC’s Mark Radcliffe and Craig Charles radio shows, and the indication from the fantastic reviews The Link Quartet have consistently received both on record and on stage, you are encouraged to expect this latest to blow you away to a new funky place.

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released April 1, 2004

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