Matthew Floyd Jones
Album: Enter Mickey Jeronimo EP
Label: Mischievous
Tracks: 5
Website: http://matthewfloydjones.co.uk

Matthew Floyd Jones put's down his old cabaret shtick and swaps it for smooth life of American jazz. Joining him on his journey of jazz and funk is Tom Mansi (Bass) and James Johnston (Drums) and himself on piano and vocals to create an easy listening EP.

Enter Mickey Jeronimo has lots of character to it both in vocals and the supporting music; there are a mix of upbeat jazzy tracks and some slow and sinister tracks. Mansi and Johnston do a fantastic job of creating those feelings through music, the way they are able to manipulate their instruments to provide certain sounds that gives the EP some originality.

Such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, I love the comedy element to this song. As Jones confesses his love for these two Shakespearean characters, it is a song that makes you want to put on your Rat Pack hat on dance like you're the next Frank Sinatra.

Moving away from the comic jazzy numbers, One of Those People if you see the video looks likes something out of The Blair Witch Project. Listening to it, the music starts off slow and mysterious and as Jones becomes angrier about these types of people who select the salad and then eat a Cornish pasty at the station, the music follows with him and becomes increasingly faster and aggressive in tone.

This EP is quite different from what I am usually used to as I have never heard a jazz album that you go through a number of emotions all in 5 tracks before. But if you do fancy becoming the next Fred and Ginger, listen to this for some inspiration.

Gemma Hirst