Tag: dave guy

Norah Jones, VISIONS (2024)

I’ve rectified a decades-long mistake by actually buying and listening through a Norah Jones album. This is a reflection of my own personal character, not her music which I’ve always enjoyed casually. She popped back up on my radar via the latest El Michels Affair album, 24 HR SPORTS.

I feel comfortable saying that if you like that track, then you’re going to love VISIONS, produced by El Michels (aka Leon Michels) himself. Obviously, I love the tracks with my guys Dave Guy and Homer Steinweiss, but Jones’ voice combined with the whole 21st century cinematic soul vibe is something else!

I can definitely see why it won a Grammy! Pick it up from Blue Note Records.

Ruby

I don’t own this yet, but as I liken listening to Dave Guy’s RUBY to hearing Herb Alpert playing with the Stax records house band instead of the TJB, it’ll be in my downloads when I get home.

Unless you are the type to read album credits you may never have heard his name, but you have heard him play. In fact, you have likely seen him play. Whether in person at a show or on national television he has lent his talents to a who’s who list of world famous artists both in the recording studio and on stage.

I do read album credits, I had heard his name, I have seen him play live (with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, the Menahan Street Band), on TV with The Roots, and he’s definitely popped up in my playlists randomly–like, for instance, on my favorite cover of “Valerie” by the Zoutons–and other places.

You know, why wait? I’ma buy this now.