I started listening to twickster’s husband and his band based in recommendations for Already Free and Songline on this board. At first, I enjoyed but it did not just !WOW! me. But, over time, it has grown on me a bit.
More recently, I acquired the debut album. Ya’ll didn’t mention the jazzy stuff. “D Minor Blues” is a masterpiece. Shame on you all for keeping the best part a secret.
I haven’t listened to that first album in a long time. The band had developed so much by the time I first heard them that that album and the second one feel a little obsolete, but there’s good stuff on both. Their best jazz stuff was always live, though. Their last album has a great version of Afro Blue featuring a horn section, and they did a lot of great covers of My Favorite Things.