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The addition of the Kick Horns for the London dates was a masterstroke. The outstanding sound quality at Ronnie’s meant the section’s superb arranging, accuracy and command of articulation was rendered with the utmost clarity.<\/p>\n

Adam McCulloch<\/strong>
\nMaxi Jazz and the E-Type Boys review for\u00a0Jazzwise<\/p>\n

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I hadn\u2019t worked with \u2018professional\u2019 musicians until we recorded Popscene, and at that time I wasn\u2019t sure how we\u2019d measure up. The brass section had given the impression of a gang of painters and decorators as they unpacked their equipment. It was as if they were unfolding stepladders and unloading brushes. They splashed their bright paint all over the song.<\/p>\n

Alex James<\/strong>
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Those Kick Horns guys are really on top of my thing.<\/p>\n

Dr John<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In all of my years recording, I’ve only ever been rendered completely speechless by what has come back out of the speakers twice: the first time was in the Nineties, when my former band Pele recorded our first single \u2018Raid The Palace\u2019 and the Kick Horns brass section turned up in Metropolis Studios, West London, and tore the song apart, plastering us all to the back wall of the studio\u2026<\/p>\n

Ian Prowse<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2026tightest, hard-hitting, yet sweet\u2026<\/p>\n

John Leckie<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There were times during this show when Baaba Maal and his band made music that was as beautiful, as glorious and as joyous as any that I have ever heard. Yes: it was that good \u2013 percussion, guitars, keyboards, voices, and, crucially, a tight-knit four-piece brass section were locked into a pulsating, hypnotic groove. For a moment, as his band \u2013 a mixture of African and Western musicians \u2013 created this rapturous noise, Baaba Maal, in his shiny gold suit, stood with his arms outstretched and grinned, as if to say: “Look! Behold my creation.” It was sensational.<\/p>\n

David Cheal <\/strong>
\nDaily Telegraph<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Oumou Sangare\u2019s easy fusion with the Kick Horns, who add firepower without treading on anyone\u2019s toes, suggests subtlety can occasionally trump the search for explosive connections… The Parisian audience? They\u2019re dancing.<\/p>\n

Gareth Grundy<\/strong>
\nThe Observer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Celebrity Mastermind. John Humphrys quizzes Josh Widdicombe on specialist subject Blur.
\nJH: The albums Parklife and The Great Escape featured accompaniment from the Duke Strings and which group of brass musicians?
\nJW: Pass
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\nJH: You had one pass. The group of brass musicians was Kick Horns.
\nJW: No idea…
\nJH: No. Nor me. There we are.<\/p>\n

BBC1<\/strong>
\nChristmas 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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