If you were looking for this in a 'proper' record shop you'd be wondering where to start. Jazz? Classical? Easy Listening? It could be in any one of those browsers and wouldn't be out of place.
At various times there are suggestions of early Miles, Chris Botti, even Herb Alpert. Higgs' plaintive sound evokes aural images of all three.
With the exception of the Bacharach/Hal David number This Guy's in Love With You (a sixties hit for Alpert) all numbers are compositions by Higgs. All are beautifully played, the guitar and the percussionist providing an occasional Latin touch and the cello adding a sonorous quality rarely heard in jazz which may be a bonus for some if not for all.
It's music aimed more at the head and the heart than at the feet. That it does this successfully suggests that yet another tributary to the mainstream of jazz is opening up.
One to try before you buy. Lance
Available March 1 via the various online outlets.
Lights of Canary Wharf; Samba Baroque; This Guy's in Love With You; Irresistible Touch; Berceuse d'été; Icicles; Seville; Nocturne in Blue; Whisper of Spring; Solstice; Reflections of You.
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