WILT_2024-26

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 23 Jun 2024 to 29 Jun 2024.

1. TOLKIN YIT – TAICHU
2. TUMBAO – Lauvre, AKRIILA
3. La Bronca – Sara Hebe
4. S.O.S – TAICHU, Lali
5. BITCHES – AKRIILA
6. Antes de dormirte – noestemporada
7. DIAMANTES&KALASHNIKOV – Saramalacara
8. Asha The First – Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Taj Austin, Ras Austin
9. Get Lit – Kamasi Washington, George Clinton, D Smoke
10. Dream State – Kamasi Washington, André 3000
11. Uiara (Encantada da Água) Vida E Cura – Amaro Freitas
12. Dança Dos Martelos – Amaro Freitas

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2024-26

Notes

Some of the previous week’s playlist bled into this week’s, but we also stemmed the bleeding with some listens to the new Kamasi Washington record, Fearless Movement (2024) and new Amaro Freitas’s record, Y’Y (2024).

By new, I mean records that have been released in 2024 thus far. 

After last week’s explorations into the world of Latin and South American beat-making and street culture, it is also tempering to go back to some stalwarts of the contemporary jazz world who are constantly pushing the boundaries of performance, arrangement, and expression. 

The piano performances by Freitas could easily find their way in any avant classical recital, and the collaborations with Washington flit on a spectrum that ranges from the spiritual, gospel, funk, soul, and all manner of celebration of black arts and culture.