Thirteen’s unlucky for some, but as it’s that many years since the core trio last recorded under the Jing Chi moniker then it’s definitely lucky for us. The Ford/ Haslip/Colaiuta troika has of course recorded together under many guises, but Supremo is very much driven by Ford in his blues and R&B mode, with virtually all the material his. This is familiar blues and groove stuff but as ever played with a vim that can’t help but sway the hips, as on the slow-grooved waltz of ‘Casablanca’, the soul-funk tinged ‘SPM’ or the blues-rock attack of ‘The Majestic’. But what lifts the whole project is the brass presence; just as Samantha Fish, in a different blues mode, refreshed her sound with a New Orleans brass section, so the brass spikes and punch of Coffin and Haynes enrich each cut. Bung in some outrageous country fun with Vince Gill on ‘Vegas’ and Supremo is worth the 13-year wait.