A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 29 Aug 2021 to 4 Sep 2021.

WILT_2021-35

1. Sun – Emma-Jean Thackray
2. Movementt – Emma-Jean Thackray
3. Red, Black, and Green – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
4. Stepping Into Tomorrow – Madlib
5. Green Funk – Emma-Jean Thackray
6. Golden Green – Emma-Jean Thackray
7. Spectre – Emma-Jean Thackray
8. Drinking from the Cup of Bob Knob – Surprise Chef
9. Idiom – Joe Armon-Jones, Maxwell Owin, Oscar Jerome
10. sparko – Joy Orbison, Herron
11. Glad I Lived – Alfa Mist
12. Lingus – Snarky Puppy
13. Red Clay – Jack Wilkins
14. Love and Hate in a Different Time – Gabriels
15. Right Is Alright, Wrong Is To Belong – Moin
16. Since We Broke Up – Anna B Savage
17. Serious – Mansur Brown

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2021-35

Notes

I am not sure how Emma-Jean Thackray’s music came onto my radar. I literally opened my Spotify app, and there her name was as a previous search term. Having absolutely no idea how her name appeared there, nor what she sounded like, or what her music was about, it was about as blank a state as you could get.

Imagine my surprise and wonder, when it turned out to be a beautiful and free-flowing jazz, full of cosmic wonder reminiscent of Sun Ra, under-and-other-worldly percussion and basslines to create the primodial current on which creation is allowed to exist. Listening to Thackray’s music, the musical vision of this bandleader is bold, intrepid, and respectful–not of what came before, but where it could go if left unchecked.

Music to move the body, move the mind, move the soul

Emma-Jean Thackray

The rest of the playlist is built on the foundations of easy and relaxed beats, with some spiraling flourishes of creativity and technical mastery. (I’m looking at you, Snarky Puppy).

I would recommend enjoying this playlist on a cool, breezy afternoon, just before the magic hour. If you have access to a calm and peaceful environment, then the music here would make for a lovely, captivating companion.