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Snake is back with his long awaited new album, the follow up to Snakebites and Hysteria. "Talking Bird" once again contains a mix of styles (you can't put a snake in a box!). There's bags of soulful searing tenor sax, some funky flute, a jazz ballad, some fast latin, Japanese influence with the shakuhachi and even a beautiful ballad featuring just soprano sax and strings. Passionate, sophisticated, melodic and wonderfully played. Snake draws on the artistic talents of some of the best players, writers and producers in the industry. Recorded in 2007 in Lancashire, Buckinghamshire and Tokyo. You may have heard Snake as the sax man on Paul Hardcastles releases, with Acoustic Alchemy, on the M-People hits, Lisa Stansfields "Change", "Someday", or Take That's "A Million Love Songs". Or you may have caught him live on the last Eurythmics tour, with M-People, Lisa Stansfield or Swing out Sister. That said, there's nothing quite like hearing the man do his own thing - entertainment at its best from a hugely talented player. "A virtuoso saxophonist" DAILY TELEGRAPH"Snake Davis has one of the most passionate sax styles and simple bluesy approaches a-la-Sanborn heard in these isles for a while" TIME OUT"Snake is a joy to work alongside. His musical skills have no limit, in fact he is as free as a bird" DAVE STEWART (Eurythmics)"Snake has been a friend and inspiration for many years and continues to be so because of his exceptional talent, dedication and sheer joy of making music. Long may it continue." HEATHER SMALL
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