Shuggie Otis – review

Jazz Cafe, London"Good things come to those who wait," says the trumpet-playing ringleader of Shuggie Otis's six-piece band. He's stalling while a soundman fixes a misbehaving amp but he might be referring to Otis's long-overdue UK debut.The precocious son of Greek-American bandleader Johnny Otis, Shuggie released two remarkable albums as a young man in the early 1970s. Freedom Flight and Inspiration Information slid between jazz, blues, folk and Prince-like psychedelia, but after these Otis nev...

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