
And at number two on the Mondophonic top ten of 2010…

But as a person who bought every single White put out on his Third Man label this year, I’ll take the Cartwright creations over Mr. White’s.

The musicianship and production values surpass anything else I heard in 2010. It is rich and textured. It demands your attention while at the same time, sweeping you away into a trance.

When I first head “Sheena’s Back In Town” I thought it was a lost R&B gem; maybe an unearthed King Coleman cut.

Don’t miss the Mondophonic Top Ten, counting down the ten best albums from 2010 for the last ten days of the year.

Don’t miss the Mondophonic Top Ten, counting down the ten best albums from 2010 for the last ten days of the year.

Esquivel was an over-the-top arranger, an Ellington without limits living in a space-age bachelor pad.