LA CLAVE - MOVE YOUR HAND (LONG VERSION)

Latin funk outfit La Clave's sole album, recorded for Verve in the early '70s and then issued briefly in 1973, is shrouded in mystery even now. Their stunning cover of Lonnie Smith's steamy "Move Your Hand", a massive dancefloor hit in the Acid Jazz era done here with moody vocals under a bubbling bassline, a swirling B-3, a whispering wah wah guitar, and plenty, plenty of soulful drums and hand percussion and horns that feel more like something from Rico Rodriguez and the Skatalites at their dubbiest.