Jazz Articles about Brian Tarquin

Brian Tarquin: Soft Touch

by Robert Spencer
July 1, 1999

This music was born in the Seventies. Do you remember “The Hustle"? Barry White? If you like that, baby, this is for you! Danceable grooves that last all day long, fronted by Tarquin's sweet guitar, plus the saxophones of Phil Brown and Jacko Peake, Damon Brown's trumpet, and the sax and flute of Dave John-Baptiste. There's even a string base, courtesy programmer Tony Campbell.

There is nothing overheated, nothing overdone, not a hair out of place in the music of ...