Monday, January 22, 2018

Stingray Music highlights XLIX

Recent highlights from U-verse:

Cool Jazz
  • Weird Lullaby-Wynton Kelly (Intimate, expansive piano jazz.)
Folk Roots
  • I'll Be Here In The Morning-Townes Van Zandt (One of his best sets of lyrics, along with "To Live Is To Fly."  Richard Shindell covers it compellingly.)
Gospel
  • Yeah-Yolanda Adams ("Yeah" radiates commendable resolve and strength, particularly in the chorus, to follow God.)
Jazz Latino
  • Ternura-Omar Sosa (I'd be curious to hear a mashup of "Ternura" and Martin Denny's "Quiet Village.")
Nothin' But '90s
  • Missing-Everything But The Girl (Tracey Thorn's wistful vocals about a relationship that is no more can't help but sink in, if you're paying attention.  The Ultramarine remix is just as effective, in my opinion.)
Retro R&B
  • I've Been Loving You Too Long-Otis Redding (If the emotive power of Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and "Try A Little Tenderness" appeals to you, this likely will, too.)
South Africa Traditional
  • Self Existent-Wowo (A midtempo smooth jazz groove, featuring an appealing blend of piano, bass, and backing vocals.  This could segue with Incognito's "After The Fall.")