"Pin Your Spin" review
San Francisco Chronicle - June 2004

Jon Cleary, a British pianist who moved to New Orleans, swept out nightclubs and slept in closets to study at the feet of the master, Professor Longhair, has cropped up recently playing in Bonnie Raitt's band and backing Van Morrison on Martin Scorsese's "The Blues" PBS series. On "Pin Your Spin," his second album with his crack two-man band, Cleary gives his spare, Meters- style funk some fresh twists, sings 'em like he means it and plays his posterior off. People are going to find out about a talent like his. - Joel Selvin