This album comes from the afternoons when my grandfather picked me up from school in his Windstar. Detroit passed by the windows as we drove across the city to pick up my grandmother from work, sometimes stopping at Eastern Market for ice cream, sometimes grabbing food in the RenCen. The one constant was smooth jazz on V98.7 playing in the background, my grandfather lightly drumming along as we waited outside "old" Karmanos.

The sound of this album lives inside those memories. These songs carry that feeling forward through the way I create now, with technology that allows me translate those memories into music. Mixing nostalgia with a few modern twists, blending Motown drums with a hint of salsa for my mom on "Motown in Havana", and capturing my father-in-law Fast Freddy's hustling spirit on "Freddy on the Scene", this project brings different shades of smooth jazz together through my own interpretation.

This album is my way of honoring family and the city that raised me, a smooth jazz Detroit story told through the eyes of the boy riding in the passenger seat.

DMC Rhodes

Come On Up

Playin'

Secrets

On My Mind

At the Backroom

The Best Of Rick Braun

Groovis (feat. Boney James)

For Your Pleasure

Nice And Easy

Today's #1 Smooth Jazz Radio Hits!

Way Up

Just What You Need

Emerald City

Paul Brown (featuring Bob James) - Backstage Pass (1)

La Dolce Vita

Something About You

At the Backroom

Brian Culbertson