The San Francisco-born twins Wayne (saxophone, keyboards) and Nelson Braxton (bass guitar) combine elements from jazz, funk, R&B on "Now & forever" into a sound that sounds melodic and soulful. The brothers wrote eleven new songs for this CD. There is no room for experiments on this CD, so tracks like "Kickin 'back", "A night to love" and "Just believe" sound quite' smooth '. Funky tracks
… like "Do you remember" and "Angelina" sound less smooth. Singer Ledisi contributed to the R&B songs "Can't we try again" and "All my love". All in all, "Now & forever" is a CD that could be qualified as background music rather than jazz. (CK) _more