Jorja Chalmers' playing is beyond good.............Of course, many songs she plays on have never been played by Andy Mackay so comparisons are only partly relevant but when she does play Roxy songs, she is every bit his equal.

I see diversity is alive and well here.

Let's stop the hypocrisy eh?

"Jorja and Andy may (or may not) be equals, but even my untrained ear can tell that they are definitely not equivalents. Each time that I see Jorja play I am struck with the feeling that she is technically very proficient but mechanical in her output. Far from being equivalents, Andy’s playing seems to me to be the antithesis of Jorja’s."

The super deluxe RM package highlights how critical Andy was to the unique early Roxy sound. I mean no disrespect to Jorja, but had somebody with her undoubted qualities been in the line up rather than Andy, I suspect that Roxy would have been little more than a footnote in musical history."

For a 'non-musician', as you call yourself, you've absolutely hit the nail on the head Avondale! That's my feeling exactly. I've met and played with many technically gifted sax players that play without an ounce of soul, they just read/blow the dots. Andy himself admits to not being the best saxophonist in the world, and recently said in an interview that jazz players scare him to death because they practice so much, something he apparently rarely does, but when he plays you can hear the man behind the instrument! And in my mind, that's what a saxophone is all about; hearing the passion/soul/feeling/love for the piece.