Product Review

The return of the successful Mod Jazz Series that has not only invented and codified a sound, it has made it popular. Jazz that is accessible, touching on its blues, soul and Latin influences while always having a danceable beat. It includes the super-rare, the well known and the previously unreleased.

Here are a couple of impossible-to-find tracks in the form of Troy Dodds' The Real Thing and Jesse Davis' Night Bloomin' Jasmin. Both are B-sides of super-expensive Northern rarities, but are excellent Mod Jazz tracks in their own right. We've chosen five previously unreleased cuts, including a stunning organ version of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolff, a future R&B monster from Floyd White and a great boogaloo from Dave Hamilton.

Screaming Hammond comes from Jack McDuff and Reuben Wilson's hard-to-find debut 45 Rod Run. There are also bluesy jazz vocal performances from sought-after records by Toby Lark, Billy Larkin, Little Bob and Clint Stacy with a terrific version of Oscar Brown Jr.'s Work Song.

Mod Jazz classics range from Buddy Guy's Fever, Byrdie Green's Return Of The Prodigal Son, Johnny Lytle's Village Caller and Mark Murphy's wonderful dodgy bossa It's Like Love. All put together by Ady Croasdell and Dean Rudland.