Posted by Erik Skramstad:
2018 has been a banner year for smooth, creative R&B. We’ve seen exceptional releases from SiR, Daniel Caesar, H.E.R., Kali Uchis, amongst many others. Add another to this sexy pile. Masego. This dude just released his debut album Lady Lady and…damn. Replay value through the roof! Sexy, soulful, breezy, inventive. Turn the lights down, light a few candles, pour the wine.
Posted by Christa Watkins:
This may seem like a “well, no duh” must listen to list of famous and not so famous Jazz songs, but I felt compelled to include it in this weeks Soundtrack. One of my favorite ice breakers when meeting a new person is to ask them to ask me a question that they feel too old to be asking. Questions such as “Why is the sky blue?” “Was Thelonious an actual Monk or was he just cheap?” “If I eat a watermelon seed what is the gestational period of an infant watermelon?” “Does “A Love Supreme” come with olives?” If I don’t know the answers lets find them out together. If you haven’t really given Jazz a try but have a serious case of FOMO this is the list to start with. A 'lil something you know and a few you don’t.
Posted by Andre Herrera:
Working on this short film I have to constantly remind myself to keep my ideas simple and not to overthink things. One way to remind myself of that is listening to a lot of jazz. The musical genre tends to have the ability to put multiple emotions and feelings out their audience in a simple song without ever using the vibration of a single human vocal cord.
While going into a jazz deep dive this week. My Spotify algorithm recommended I check out “New Cool Collective”. This rotating band is recently celebrating their 25th anniversary (so I’m not quite sure how “New” they are) and they just released their most recent album “XXV” this month. This 19 piece jazz group hails from the Netherlands of all places, and by going to their other albums they seem to love that “Big Band Bossa Nova” - Quincy Jones kind of sound.
Check em out, while making dinner with a loved one. Hearing them reminds me that music in its purest form is truly the universal language of the world.
