1939 Ensemble Black Diamond Pearl 4/17/07 The label had only released

The label had only released a handful of records before becoming fortunate enough to work with Shaver

to the late Simon Jeffes’ Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Guest list includes such eminent persons of the international music scene as Jens Johansson

Produced By Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross

and puts Durand Jones & the Indications near the top of the heap in the retro-soul sweepstakes

1939 Ensemble Black Diamond Pearl 4/17/07 The label had only releasedBlack Diamond Pearl is a journey, cinematic in nature and ranging the full spectrum of emotion. The album opens up with Ryder, a puckish romp in vivid colors, a bright trumpet peppering the ebullient rhythms. Some of the more percussion heavy songs are exercises in tom work, and you can imagine McQueen in Bullitt blasting these high octane tracks as he races up and over impossibly steep San Francisco streets in his \'68 GT. Vintage California pervades