Sunday, 24 February 2019

Nicky Hopkins et al - Jamming With Edward


Rating: 3/5

Review:
Not great

This album sounds exactly like what it is; a bunch of great musicians amusing themselves by improvising some loose jams while waiting for the real recording sessions to start. It has its moments, of course – you’d expect nothing less from this bunch – but it’s not great. It’s a lot of noodling (very good noodling, admittedly) over a solid foundation from Watts and Wyman which doesn’t add up to much really. It wasn’t intended for realease, of course – I’m not even sure that they knew it was being recorded – so it’s probably unfair to criticise, but for me it’s not really an album to keep and play repeatedly. It’s one for real fans and completists, I think.

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