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Horn Engine: Not Like This

by Nicholas F. Mondello
August 26, 2024

"Not Like This" from the Horn Engine team is somewhat of a textural departure from their more intense, funk and Jerry Hey Horns-oriented earlier fare. Composed by the late Grammy-winner Jeremy Lubbock for Al Jarreau, the song has been covered by artists as wide-ranging as vocalists Helen Merrill, and Mark Murphy, and brass men Til Bronner and Jim Rotondi. The Horn Engine team stays devoted to the original 1980s Jarreau recording. However, the embellishments render the effort ...