| Aziza Mustafa Zadeh – Always (Elektric Band Content)
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The Elektric Band album "Eye of the Beholder" has been one of my favorite jazz albums for 20 years. I love the perfect combination of electric jazz, latin, and middle-eastern elements; and I had never found anything else quite like it.
Until this morning. I stumbled upon this 1996 release from Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, who is a vocalist and pianist from Azerbaijan. Weckl and Patitucci are the rhythm section. There is no guitarist, nor saxophone, but Aziza's vocals are outstanding and seem to serve the sound spectrum where the saxophone did on "Beholder". In any case, it's the same recipe and an outstanding recording.
The album "Always" stands on its own, but anyone who particularly likes "Eye Of The Beholder" will be drawn to it. That's me. | 
