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With the album Whose Side Are You On (1984) Matt Bianco established his name in one fell swoop. With Simply Red, Sade and The Style Council, Matt Bianco belonged to a class of English pop bands in the eighties that took (cocktail) jazz as their starting point, whereby the band made sure to always keep the music danceable and light-hearted. Besides keyboard player Mark Reilly, Polish singer Basia Trzetrzelewska was the face-defining figure. Her recognizable voice turned Yeh Yeh, More Than I Can Bear and Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed into big hits, which still feature on every back-to-the-eighties night. Basia left the group soon after the first successes, after which Matt Bianco disappeared from the charts as quickly as the group had entered. Twenty years after their successful debut, Reilly and Basia have joined forces again. The result sounds familiar and fresh at the same time. At a time when Norah Jones and Jamie Cullum are becoming big stars, Matt Bianco's jazzy music is suddenly completely topical again.
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