Citrus Sun

Citrus Sun is a smooth jazz group created by Incognito leader and producer Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick. Maunick brought in one-time Average White Band guitarist Jim Mullen and two Incognito members: drummer Richard Bailey and bassist Julian Crampton, along with horn players Ed Jones, Fayyaz Virji, and Dominic Glover, and pianist Tim Vine. Their tight Heads Up debut, Another Time Another Space was issued on February 27, 2001.

Citrus Sun's music is more contemporary jazz-based than the acid jazz leanings of Maunick's other productions with Incognito and Maysa Leak. There's also a looser feel to their music, due in part to Maunick's wish to have more live recording with Citrus Sun as opposed to the more piecemeal method of overdubbing. He also took a more hands-off approach to the album, letting the musicians add their own ideas and putting aside his own perfectionism.

Citrus Sun's name was derived from the tonal color of the sun around brunchtime. Several of the tracks have a light, breezy feel to them: Make Me Smile, Tanya's Song, Somewhere, Nowhere, and the title track. For good measure, there are the low-toned, sax-led tracks Buddapest, and Blue Orchid, and the strutting jams So What Do I Do and What It Is.