ALBUM REVIEWS : JEANNIE & JIMMY CHEATHAM “Luv in the Afternoon” <i> Concord Jazz</i> ***

The Cheathams with their “Sweet Baby Blues Band” work the same territory familiarized in four earlier albums, this time with the addition on three cuts of guitarist Clarence (Gatemouth) Brown. Basically, it’s the leaders (piano/vocal and bass trombone, respectively) who dominate, introducing five new originals, along with a welcome change of pace when Jeannie Cheatham tries out a ballad, “Trav’lin’ Light.” Surprisingly, “Don’t You Feel My Leg,” once a comedy vocal blues, is changed here into a rather conventional 32-bar instrumental.