Jazz funk contemporary r b.
Terrace martin velvet portraits vinyl.
The core band is terrace martin curly martin robert sput searight snarky puppy and brandon eugene owens.
Two time grammy winning producer terrace martin snoop kendrick lamar herbie hancock started his own label sounds of crenshaw under the ropeadope umbrella with the release of velvet portraits.
In my opinion some tracks are underwhelming but there are some magical moments.
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Martin is an accomplished and versatile multi instrumentalist and is part of the new wave of musicians from south central los angeles that includes kamasi washington and thundercat.
Velvet portraits a 2017 grammy nominee for best r b album is a wide ranging record with a common distinct style.
A wonderful combination of jazz funk soul and r b.
Both of those players appear on this cd along with another notable virtuoso robert glasper.
Two time grammy winning producer terrace martin snoop kendrick lamar herbie hancock started his own label sounds of crenshaw under the ropeadope umbrella with the release of velvet portraits.
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With a core band of terrace martin on sax curly martin on drums brandon eugene owens on bass and robert sput searight on keys velvet portraits also features appearances from kamasi washington robert glasper lalah hathaway thundercat rose gold tiffany gouche marlon williams and more.
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Terrace martin s velvet portraits is a very impressive record.
Referencing velvet portraits cd album 33 33 32 3 rad 300 in my opinion some tracks are underwhelming but there are some magical moments.
Jazz funk soul style.
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As with the releases that preceded it styles continually bump against one another and mingle freewheeling funk and gritty throwback soul are abundant but this one involves no rapping.
Theyre the highlight here.
Out of his many solo projects through 2016 velvet portraits is terrace martin s most concentrated work.