Jamie Lidell - Multiply

Jamie Lidell's 2005 album Multiply now looks like a bit of a watershed, as it opened the door for geeky white guys to pretend to be black seventies soul singers. That said it's a fine piece of work, and Lidell is an excellent if idosyncratic performer and songwriter. This performance shows him at his most commercial, and he gives a commanding go of it ably backed by Jools holland on the piano. I feel like I've read innummerable articles criticsing Mr Holland for incorporating boogie woogie piano into his guest's performances on Later but I've always quite enjoyed it. Certainly it's rarely worked better than it does here.