Review: After a three-year break, talented Italian musician, producer and arranger Michele Chiavarini has decided to bring back his occasional Jazzcodes project, which in the past has offered up singles on SPRY and Quantize Recordings. In its EP-opening 'extended mix' form, 'Jazz Was Dancing' is a superb slab of 'Tourist'-era St Germain style jazz-house rich in dusty samples, jaunty piano riffs, rubbery double bass, restless jazz guitar solos and dusty vocal samples. No Fuss founders Saison (AKA Leigh Darlow and Matthew Bandy) deliver the accompanying remix, wrapping choice elements of Chiavarini's original (piano, bass, the heady spoken word snippets, choice samples of the guitar solo) around a chunky, driving house groove. It's really good, all told, though lacks some of the swing and musical intricacy of the original mix.
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