Aja Monet’s The Color of the Rain settles in as one of the weekend’s essential releases
Poet and jazz artist Aja Monet releases The Color of the Rain, an essential collaborative LP co-produced by Meshell Ndegeocello.
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Poet and jazz artist Aja Monet releases The Color of the Rain, an essential collaborative LP co-produced by Meshell Ndegeocello.
Aja Monet releases The Color of the Rain via Drink Sum Wtr, a ceremony-like record co-produced by Justin Brown and Meshell Ndegeocello that expands the definition of music coverage itself.
Duval Timothy and Carlos Nino release Rain Music through their own labels, a prepared piano and percussion collaboration featuring Navy Blue, Laraaji and Darius Jones that feels less like a jazz or ambient release and more like a room where weather is being played by hand.
ETA IVtet release Happy Today on 15 May via International Anthem, bringing Jeff Parker’s quartet back with two extended live-recorded pieces.
Composer, bandleader and saxophonist Jasmine Myra releases Where Light Settles on 15 May via Gondwana Records.
The Pleasure is Yours merges neo-soul roots with hazy, exploratory songwriting and elite musicianship.