Jazz Weekly review of Pete's Pandemic Playlist

Guitarist Peter Curtis gives a solo album of material that captured his thoughts during the pandemic lockdown. He mixes acoustic, nylon and electric strings on a wide ranging selection of covers, giving a clever Andalusian take of The Police’s “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” as well as a lovely nylon strung “Armageddon” from Wayne Shorter’s pen. He boogies well on the d isco classic “Stayin’ Alive” and is cozy on “A Spoonful Of Sugar”, teaming up with tenor saxist Charlie Richard as he breaks the social distancing rules on an intimate “The Nearness Of You”. Warm reflections.