JC and The Jazz Hoppers

JC and The Jazz Hoppers: Chillin' At Home

by Ernest Barteldes
June 7, 2007

You realize that Australian-born guitarist Jason Campbell has decided to do something completely unpretentious but also interesting when first spinning Chillin' at Home. It begins with a laid-back (could it be any other way?) version of Bobby McFerrin's “Don't Worry, Be Happy, in which the guitarist exchanges solos with B3 keyboardist Col Nolan. Later he does a beautiful extended rendition of Jesse Harris' “Don't Know Why (the unstoppable Norah Jones hit that no one could escape from a few years ...