Jazz Articles about Citrus Sun

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Album Review

Citrus Sun: Another Time Another Space

by Dave Nathan
March 1, 2001

Take one part fusion, one part acid jazz and two parts funk mix in a blender of electronically created instrumentation and out comes the smooth jazz of a group called Citrus Sun. This new musical unit was put together by Jean Paul Maunick, the father of the British Jazz/R&B/Soul Band, Incognito. Among its members are Average White Band Member Jim Mullen, whose guitar plays a major role in the funky R & B sound that permeates this session.

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Album Review

Citrus Sun: Another Time, Another Space

Read "Another Time, Another Space" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
February 1, 2001

All musical genres fall prey to formula. Smooth Jazz, with its high radio-visibility quotient, perhaps succumbs more often than others. It’s refreshing, then, when a group brings something different to the table. Happily, this is the case with Citrus Sun.

Produced by guitarist Jean Paul Maunick, founder of the popular Acid-Jazz band Incognito, Citrus Sun is a well-founded ensemble of players whose attention focuses on details, rather than grandstanding. In addition to fellow Incognito members Julian Crampton on bass, and ...