Global Rhythm Magazine Volume XIV #2, February 2005

If James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone took funk to new heights, Jorge Ben Jor gave it a Brazilian twist. When the tropicalistas were plugging their guitars into Bahian samba and bossa nova, Ben Jor was paring African rhythms with carioca funk. On Reactivus Amor est, his first album of new songs in eight years, the 62-year-old guitarist, singer and songwriter is updating his brand with electronica, soul and marcatou.