Friday, March 20, 2009
Soul into Spring
First day of Spring and the last day of classes, I need some soul music.
I. Leon Ware with Michael Franti and Carlene Anderson: If I Ever Loose This Heaven
Leon Ware says it all at the end of a tune you still want to go on "This is a lot of love, ya know that." And check out the handshake finale .
The song was first recorded by Ware with Minnie Ripperton and Al Jarreau on Quincy Jones'Body Heat album. The version on this clip is a bit inspired by he Q arrangement, to be sure, but it has been transformed to showcase these three amazing musicians. Franti's rapping here is especially strong, he throws in some licks that have become his. Carlene shows how she was the goddess of the birth of neosoul in the nineties. And Leon "I Want You" Ware shows how he is a godfather of soul music. "No, no, y'all I'l never be the same" is sung from a highly deep heart space.
I will have this in heavy rotation for some time to come.
II. Marcus Miller Master of All Trades featuring Lalah Hathaway: People Make The World Go Round
Long form jazz funk here from one of the most important musicians of the latter 20th Century. So much of the goodness of Miles later years was done in collaboration with this artist. This performance features Lalah Hathaway, what an amazing singer. She can be soul diva with a tad of Leon Thomas thrown in, but not so much in an Al Jarreau way.
This jam begins and ends with the Stylistics but progresses in funky fashion in a logical and most jamming way. Great Stuff.
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