One of the best musicians, who is hardly ever talked about is Joe Jackson. He returned this past week with "RAIN" a brillant new album, leaning more to his pop/jazz sound. Joe has gone into many different genres of music in his career, jazz, swing, big band, classical and Pop/rock. He had some brillant instrumental albums showing his perfection on Piano, one of the best players ever. This cd is pure perfection!! From a great musician and writer and a person that knows how to make those things come together.

And how telling it is of the times and how Joe Jackson could have MAJOR hits with songs like "Is she really going out with him" "Steppin Out" and "You cant get what you want, till you know what you want", songs that WOULD NEVER get a second of play today, those ladies and gents were all top 20 hits in those days. You see mainstream can be GOOD when you have the right players!