A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 28 Nov 2021 to 4 Dec 2021.

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1. Morning – Azymuth
2. Nergal – Marcos Resende, Index
3. Pangea – Kit Sebastian
4. Passion and Pain – Womack & Womack
5. Voice – Hiromi, Anthony Jackson, Simon Phillips
6. Top Of The World – Shonen Knife
7. Little Sunflower – Dorothy Ashby
8. La rue – Cortex
9. A Song the Children Dance To – Warmth
10. Conquistadores – Chico Hamilton
11. Love & Light – Emanative, Liz Elensky, Dan Jose, Deoke
12. Rua Dois – Jose Mauro
13. Red Clay – Jack Wilkins
14. Morango Encantado – Jose Mauro
15. Tyranny 20 – Kit Sebastian
16. Roda Mundo – Ana Mazzotti
17. P64 By My Side – John Carroll Kirby
18. Ayeye – Amaro Freitas
19. Feel Like Making Love – Ana Mazzotti
20. Bis – Arthur Verocai, Azymuth
21. Baquaqua – Amaro Freitas
22. Agora ou Nunca Mais – Ana Mazzotti

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2021-48

Notes

I believe I started the week as a continuation of my exploration into the broken beat genre, but that path forked after Shonen Knife’s exuberant cover of The Carpenters’ Top of the World. Honestly, I thought I would finally find my way back toward more indie or rock music listening, but nothing really stuck.

Instead, there was a wealth of soul, jazz, Latin, and Afro inspired sub-genres to listen to, and so many found their way into this week’s playlist.

Standouts include the wonderful solo flute performance in Warmth’s A Song the Children Dance To, and the effortlessly lazy yet captivating musicianship in Chico Hamilton’s Conquistadores. Music like this just somehow make you feel alive while lounging in your receptacle of choice.

The rest of the playlist follows this theme of effortlessness. As if the musicians have somehow transcended trying to impress, to just letting loose and expressing a sort of innate joy or catharsis that they were carrying at the point of performing and recording.

From Jose Mauro’s psychedelic reverberations throughout his guitar playing, the slightly husky sensuality found in the timbre of Ana Mazzotti’s voice, to Amaro Freitas’ prodigious piano playing, it is easy for a musical voyage to span genres, continents, and eras, when a simple joy is all it takes to transport the listener across galaxies and cultures.