Artist: Noel Pointer
Album: Never Lose Your Heart
Genre: Jazz Fusion / Funk
Origin: USA
Released: 1993
Quality: mp3, 192 kbps
Tracklist:
1. Drive Time (5:13)
2. Back To Paradise (4:48)
3. Samoa (5:38)
4. The Look Of Love (4:50)
5. Never Lose Your Heart (5:13)
6. Noel’s Song (5:20)
7. Make It Real (4:22)
8. Seasons (5:54)
Pointer’s last release found him resurfacing on a label (Shanachie) known for almost everything but fusion. This record sounds much like the ones he made in the late ’70s and 1980s, except that he also does some competent vocals. These are pleasant, heavily produced and arranged tracks with minimal improvisation and limited energy and intensity. They are jazz only in the broadest sense and are not aimed at hardcore listeners or purists. If easy listening instrumental fare is up your alley, then Pointer’s light solos and heavily arranged music work. Otherwise, avoid it.
Review by Ron Wynn
