Track Listing

1. Womb Booth

2. The Beatnik Sighed

3. Professional Lush

4. Stutter

5. Pearls

6. Upstairs to the Sea

7. I Slept with the Damned

8. Mummies

9. Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter

10. Who Knows Where the Time Goes

11. Downstairs to Hell

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More info and Reviews 

 'Sexjazz' is the third studio album from Melbourne vocalist Henry Manetta. A melismatic concoction of deep jazz thought, spatial blues and in-the-pocket soul fire, it features Adam Rudegeair on piano, keyboards and marimba, Ron Romero on saxophone, Adam Spiegl on bass, Scott Hay on drums and percussion, and Clare Moore on harmonies, vibes and percussion. Alex Taylor provides violins and Justin Ashworth programmed the synth sounds.

'Sexjazz' is an album of songs that explore the gamut of human desire, from the smouldering extravagance of 'Stutter,' the gothic opulence of 'I Slept with the Damned' through to the sexually electric 'The Beatnik Sighed.' It also includes Henry's gospel fuelled duet with Clare Moore on 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes.'

 "Imagine a world where Captain Beefheart and Tim Buckley decided to form a band with Sun Ra sitting in on keys. Defiantly individual and possessing a vocal range that that almost defies belief, Henry draws influences from the grand traditions of jazz and soul, as well as the world of the avant-garde, to create music that is nothing if not unique."

Matthew Frederick, The Age.

"An impressive range indeed, like some mystical combination of Tom Waits and Nina Simone."

 Cue,SYNFM. 

"Henry is Australian jazz's most unique vocalist bar none."

Matthew Frederick, The Age. 

  “Henry’s music is very individual and very spaced out and very physical and very OUT THERE.”

 – Dave Graney.

  “Manetta’s vocal improvisations have to be heard to be believed.”

– Beat Magazine.

  “Witty, clever, tremendous music.”

- Martin Lesley, Jazz Rivers, 3MBS FM.

 "Henry inhabits a seemingly conventional jazz world of piano, bass and drums, but he bends it out of recognisable shape even as he bends the syllables and harmonies until they surrender or snap."

 - John Shand, The Sydney Morning Herald. 

  You can visit  Henry's website or e-mail him at henrymanetta@hotmail.com