Percy Jones "Cape Catastrophe" CD
Percy Jones – Cape Catastrophe (CD) Brand X was one of those bands who were beloved by other musicians and the more discerning of critics, but that despite everything never had the commercial success that it deserved.They were a jazz fusion band active 1975–1980. Noted members included Phil Collins (drums), Percy Jones (bass), John Goodsall (guitar) and Robin Lumley (keyboards). Not long after jazz/rock fusion greats Brand X put out their 1980 album, Do They Hurt?, the band members went their separate ways (until their comeback in 1992 which only featured Goodsall and Jones).Dave Lynch writes: 'Fusion bassists, including the utterly unique and underpraised Percy Jones, have always laboured in the shadow of Weather Report's Jaco Pastorius. Of all the musicians who strapped on fretless electric basses during the '70s through to today, Jones certainly deserves attention beyond the seemingly inevitable Pastorius comparisons.'Jones’ utterly idiosyncratic bass playing defined the sound of B