Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of The World's Most Creative People

Well, simply put, the songs on this album are all great. Or, at least, there is no bad song written and recorded. In fact, after all those years of listening to this album, only one thing remains: this recording really laid the path of a decent groove for both the songwriting and guitar-playing skills of TJW. While his then most recent outing (Closer to the truth) had been received with critical acclaim, and been hailed as a work of genius by the French critics of the time, I personally prefer and enjoy 'The path of a decent groove' as being one of my personal favourite, and a serious contender for my list of all-time faves. Maybe this album was recorded for the sole sake of playing very good swamp-music, as opposed to the idea of selling lots of records. Maybe the songs sound a little alike, and maybe this was the way it was intended. And this is the way I like them to be on this album. It's got an atmosphere or mood that prevail through the album. It's the way I like and am glad it's not been any other way. No sudden change of genre from one song to the other. You don't hope for the next track, or skip songs. For sure, you don't get lost in the groove. Oh, and my favourite songs are 'I want to be with you', 'Tina', 'Jaguar Man', and 'Always the song'. The rest on this collection just fall close.

With her first Chandos recording, the scintillating flautist Katherine Bryan explores the relationship between her instrument and the human voice by providing a new take on some of the worlds most famous opera arias, from Mozarts Le nozzedi Figaro and Puccinis Madama Butterfly to Gershwins Porgy and Bess.