Hanepoot & the Biggish Band

Hanepoot & the Biggish Band: Salt & Vinegar

by Jack Bowers
January 2, 2006

A case in which the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. Jannie “Hanepoot van Tonder's Biggish Band from South Africa isn't the most impressive ensemble I've heard recently--not by a long shot--while the soloists on Salt & Vinegar are as a whole unexciting, the sound for the most part less than adequate. Even so, the music is irresistible, and I've seldom been more enthralled while listening to a big band album for the first time. I'd ...