I said "she seems to like the 15/Elizondo rhythm section!" no biggy! I have yet to hear them perform together! but my guess is that they rock just as bad as the 15/Pino combi! 15 being a great hiphop/rock drummer and all...
Feel you on the Maxwel case though! It's more a "slick" sexy vibe opposted to the voodoo "gritty" sexy vibe! You wouldn't setle for a mix of the 2?
Have you heard of a guy named Lewis Taylor? I think you'd like it...dude got serious skills! Sorta the white british D! you should check the song "bittersweet"! Ill bassline, real dark vibe until the chorus...it opens up and gets this motownish vibe...and the end is even more impressing with it's Beach Boys esque background vocals! Dude composes, produces and performs the whole record by himself!
A personal fav...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWYGiIpR5kU arrangement is truelly magnificent!