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During the summer of 2012, Netherlands nu-jazz superteam The Jazzinvaders teamed up with Hammond B3 legend Lonnie Smith to concoct one unusually spontaneous album. New material was literally developed in the stroke of hours, and in a matter of days they were complete. The album’s title, That’s What You Say!, borrows a common phrase used by Smith. Regardless of the term’s ambiguous meaning, it’s a cool hip marquee for what envelops on the inside. It puts the old pro in the company of a versatile jazz outfit led by producer and band drummer Phil Martin (aka Timothy van der Holst). He’s also surrounded around enough danceable funk that’s certain to take more than a few wrinkles from above his brow. On the album’s opener, there’s a rollicking dance floor rumble akin to the percussion preludes of “Hey Pachuco” before it dips into Yellowjackets funk. “No Cure” plays with lines from Diana Ross’s “Love Hangover.” Further along the journey, “Song for Lonnie” – teased as a musical tribute to the band’s guest of honor – employs a dazzling array of New Orleans horns, while “Buzzin’” flaunts with sneaky vocal echoes and smoldering “you” chants bearing the equivalence of Two Tons o’ Fun on Sylvester’s dance floor hit, “I Need You.” Continue reading→