Review - One Million Dollars

One Million Dollars is an eleven piece "local soul collective" playing funky jazz with a Brazilian twist. Their only Spiegeltent show had a smallish audience, which was a pity, they deserved much, much more.

A few tricky moments at first as lead guitarist and singer Richard Setford coped with an evil sounding bad connection that cracked through two songs. But that did not phase anybody. The show included songs from their second album, Soup Kitchen, all performed with the backbone of Tom Atkinson's on-the-beat drum work, fully experienced by an increasingly mesmerized audience, as the front line brass all knelt. While Richard Setford's vocals were on the edge of sounding a little blues like.

Two trumpets, a trombone and a sax define clearly their sound with a resonance and perfect timing. An uplifting and engaging experience, had them dancing and wanting an encore that could not be due to festival scheduling.