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Personnel: Dionne Charles (vocals); Eddie Roberts (guitar, tambourine); Joe Tatton (piano, organ); Pete Shand (bass guitar); Simon Allen (drums); Sam Bell (percussion). Audio Remixers: Simon Ham; Jo Brooks; Dan Goldman. Recording information: Hall Place Studios, Leeds (12/2007-07/2008); The Independent, San Francisco, CA (12/2007-07/2008). Anyone who misses the sounds of the Meters, of vintage Northern soul, of James Brown, of 1960s jazz-funk, and of Hammond organ jazz by the likes of Jimmy Smith, and wishes they could hear all of them at the same time, they're sure to get a kick out of this Leeds-based quartet. To call the New Mastersounds "old school" doesn't quite do justice to their simultaneously backward-looking and forward-pushing sound, which fans of modern bands like the Charlie Hunter Quartet and Medeski, Martin & Wood will recognize immediately -- but so will those who cut their teeth on Jack McDuff and Lou Donaldson records. When guest vocalist Dionne Charles comes in (especially on the barnburning "Looking for an Answer"), the result is like an unholy cross between James Brown and Aretha Franklin; when the band slips into Afro-beat mode on "Kuna Matata" (featuring singer Troy Tuscan), the result is, strangely, more like a cross between Fela Kuti and Barry White.