Nothing for Granted - CD

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The energy is rock, the feeling pop, the spirit jazz and the groove implacable ' this is the magic formula of authentic soul jazz singer Sandra <span data-scayt_word="Nkake" data-scaytid="100">Nkake</span>. With magnificent support from a rhythm section recalling the heydays of <span data-scayt_word="Stax" data-scaytid="2">Stax</span>, plus<br /> two poetic <span data-scayt_word="reedmen" data-scaytid="3">reedmen</span>, this album, with compositions and lyrics by Sandra and her close partner, <span data-scayt_word="flautist-producer" data-scaytid="4">flautist-producer</span> <span data-scayt_word="Ji" data-scaytid="66">Ji</span> <span data-scayt_word="Dru" data-scaytid="67">Dru</span>, packs a powerful punch. Old instruments, appealing arrangements, a retro-futurist atmosphere studded with<br /> echoes of sixties songs and soundtracks of cult films, a <span data-scayt_word="spacey" data-scaytid="7">spacey</span> production ' everything here conspires to make Nothing For Granted an explosive manifesto where Sandra <span data-scayt_word="Nkake’s" data-scaytid="92">Nkake's</span> rough-hewn voice rings out like a cry of freedom.