Maxwell, Jamiroquai, WBAI's Liquid Soul Lounge, Nuyorican Soul

James Baker (jlbaker@pipeline.com)
Thu, 13 Feb 1997 19:09:53 -0500


Hello

I finally got around to purchasing Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite a couple of
days ago. Despite feeling that the album is somewhat patchy, by and large I
rather wish that I hadn't been quite so remiss in buying it, but still...

My first question is who are/what is MUSZE? There are comments on the liner
such as "Maxwell exists courtesy of MUSZE.", "... written by MUSZE", etc.
and I'm not quite sure how to interpret them.

Secondly, does anyone know whether Maxwell plans to play in New York in the
near future (or have I missed that one already)?

I made it to the Jamiroquai concert here last week. The moment our cab
arrived outside the Roxy, people were opening the doors, climbing in and
trying to buy tickets off us. It was quite an intense scene. The show was
awesome although one couldn't help noticing the large number of obnoxious
teenagers there. I suppose this is part of the price of popularity...

One final note, I tuned into the Liquid Soul Lounge on WBAI last Saturday.
Between all the requests for funding they played some great stuff - inspired
me to wipe the dust off Lonnie Liston Smith's Water Colours and give that a
spin for some reason.

WBAI played a couple of things from the new Nuyorican Soul album. Does
anyone have any information/opinions on this?

Thanks in advance for any info.

James