Sylvester and the Hot Band: Bazaar (Blue Thumb)
Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, December 1973
WHEN SYLVESTER'S first album came out, his supporters' only defense was to say, "Well, he's a great live act." Now, in his second one, he's turned an abrupt about-face and shown that he can be a great studio performer/record maker too.
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