SMOOTH JAZZ

SMOOTH JAZZ - part 2

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My Stile

Sunlight

cool jazz

Chris young Who I am with you

What happens if you take 3 great jazz musicians, put them in recording studio, and throw electronic music at them?

This project was an experiment into exactly that, with my long running collaborator Kathrin deBoer on vocals, and the greatest trumpet player I've yet to hear - Quentin Collins, with Jack Stevens on bass for this one track from the EP too. 

We made some recordings where Kathrin and Quentin played at the same time, which was really interesting - I love the way you can hear Kathrin and Quentin almost talking to each other during the track, they sort of imitate and bounce off each other as they go along. They were having a lot of fun during the recordings and I think it comes through.

The fun we were having making the recordings was aided by the fact that Gearbox records (who are releasing the EP 6th Oct on vinyl, and 3rd Nov on digital) had provided Mark Ronson's recording studio for us to work in, so it was a pleasure all round.

There are 3 more tracks to come from the release, 2 ambient, and one absolute abomination where I wanted to see what would happen if I made the most f*&ked up track I could and then asked them to improvise over it - more clips and info coming soon.

If you want to catch Quentin Collins playing, he does regular gigs in London at Ronnie Scotts, amongst other places. And Kathrin deBoer has also launched a new solo project under her name, which is also touring and highly recommended.

Chronology - with Quentin Collins, Kathrin deBoer and Jack Stevens

It's been a while since I did some proper new jack swing and I decided it was long overdue!

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Come Undone

A Little Love

Adult Jazz - Springful (Shabazz Palaces Remix)

Mysteries of the World

Manhattan Skyline

Stay With Me

So In Love (Album Version)

Slam Dunk

Because Of You

Hardcastle 4

Freefall

Zigzagger

Do They Know

So It Is

Santiago

Written by Eric Valentine
Eric Valentine-Drums,Keys,Synth Bass
Rick Braun- Trumpet
Richard Elliot- Sax
Darrell Crooks-Gtr
Andre Berry - Electric Bass

Velvet Groove Single

Velvet Groove

The Mugician

Bubba Rides Again

Taken from the album 'Origin', released 14 June 2019 on Ninja Tune: https://jordanrakei.lnk.to/originSo

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Wildfire

Emmanuel Baptist Church
Senior Pastor Cleveland A. Thompson
Arranger Gerald Clay
Sax and Piano Gerald Clay
Recorded at Royal Recording by Bill Douglass

The Principle Of Pleasure

Chris Standring