Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul

The body or mind’s response to a stimuli is expressed in the anatomical phenomenon known as passion. The feeling that Jazz music evokes is more than a perception of enthusiasm but a portent of a cerebral, as well as spiritual, experience yet to manifest. In other words when sounds of Jazz hit your heart……. you must yield to the Sensation. Enjoy this Sensational episode of Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul!!

Permanence, longevity, imperishability. These are all words that describe Jazz's ability to exist in what has been a volatile history in music. At one point Jazz was the bastard child, the black sheep, the outcast, a pariah of the arts. It was seen as, 'the sounds created by unsophisticated, untrained musicians.' However Jazz has found a way to withstand the wear and pressure of time and has been able to recreate and evolve into one of the most artistically appreciated disciplines. Today we test and display the Durability of Jazz with this episode of Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul.  

Track List - Set 1

Aaron Parks - Praise

Chris "Dog" Davis - You're a Caregiver

Chris Botti f/Sting - What are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life

Gerald Albright & Norman Brown - Champagne Life

Gabriel Bello - Beauty

Stanley Clarke - Lost in a Thought

Gregory Porter - Brown Grass

Moonchild - Too Good

David Sanborn, Bob James, Al Jarreau - Since I Fell for You

Maysa - I Can't Help It

Mac Ayers f/Butcher Brown - Something More

Sade - Kiss of Life

Track List - Set 2

Bill Banfield - Unmistakably You

Eric Essix - For the Love of You

Grand Pianoramax - Tight Rope

Johnny Britt - Let's Get Down Tonight

Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man

Jesse Boykins - Amourous

Brandon Williams, Alex Isley, Moonchild - Leave Love Be

Classic Cocktail - Idris Muhammad - Power of Soul

Pat Metheny - Water Colors

Rahsaan Patterson - Spend the Night

In biblical terms “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…” All things that can be found within in the compositions of Jazz. For every emotion, state-of-consciousness, act-of-joy, or sense-of-being there is a melodic interpretation defined by the spirit of Jazz. We believe that Jazz is not only carnal, but a truly religious experience that should be enjoyed by the masses. Welcome to the congregation of Jazz on the Rocks With a Twist of Soul.

Track List - Set 1

Bill Bansfield - Unmistakeably You

Gabriel Bello - Knocks Me Off My Feet

Yussef Dayes - For My Ladies

Tom Misch - Movie

Michael Franks f/Brenda Russell - Wehn I Give My Love to You

Mac Ayers and Chris Anderson - Waiting

Andre Ward - They Keep Calling Me

Victor Wooten - The Lesson

Wayne Shorter - Footprints

Antoine Bradford - Need You Now

Will Downing - Warmth Inside of You

Track List - Set 2

Brian Blade - Traveling Mercies

Brian Bromberg - Mr. Miller

George Duke - Right on Time

Boney James - Missing You

Eric Harland - Get Your Hopes Up

Mike Phillips - Street Life

Classic Cocktail - Grover Washington - Knucklehead

Incognito - Fences and Barriers

Winard Harper f/Howard Johnson, Kenny Barron, Kenny Davis, Marcus Strickland - Reflections

Zo - Flight of the Blackbyrd

Jazz has a lifelike quality; a certain sensitivity that a good friend or confidant would have. Jazz has the ability to appreciate and respond to your emotional complexities. It transforms and adapts to your aesthetic influences which is why there is a song for every created moment in your life. Here’s hoping that you will find that emotional companion as you listen to this episode of Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul.

Track List - Set 1

Doc Powell - Breezin'

George Benson - Affirmation

Nathan Mitchell f/Tony Terry - Affirmation

Andre Ward - They Keep Calling Me

Aston Grey Project - Groovin'

Doobie Powell and Frank McComb - Better

Gregory Porter - On My Way to Harlem

Gerald Albright - Bermuda Nights

Daniel Ceasar, H.E.R., Justin Ward - Best Part

Track List - Set 2

Don Diego - Going in Circles

Euge Groove - Days of Soul

Amel Larrieux - For Real

Deborah Bond - Time

Moonchild - Winter Breeze

Joe Johnson - Guess Who Loves You More

Raheem Devaughn - Guess Who Loves You More

Classic Cocktail - Gino Vanelli - Brother to Brother

Jarrod Lawson f/Moonchild - I'll Be Your Radio

Boney James - Nothin' But Love

Dan Siegel - This Time Around

Jazz generously gives of itself every time we listen. It becomes our sounding board in good and bad times. It gives without taking and shares without expectation. Jazz is your "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and it continues from day-to-day providing, unbegrudgedlly, to your soul's desires. Jazz is better than a best friend or a devoted lover......it cannot turn it's back on you. We salute your relationship with the music, through Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul.

Track List - Set 1

Andre Ward - Crystal City

The Aston Grey Project - Angel

Chillaxing Jazz Kollektion - Memories of Us

Chris Standring - I Can't Help Myself

Castella - My Thoughts of You

Rick Braun - Hollywood and Vine

Praful - Sigh

Pat Metheny - Spring Ain't Here

Ragan Whiteside - Off the Cuff

Jeff Bradshaw - Proto-Type

Joe Johnson - Guess Who Loves You More

Track List - Set 2

Richard Elliot - In the Groove

Sade - King of Sorrow 

Jesse Boykins - Amorous

Kim Waters - Stay Together

Lin Roundtree f/Lindsey Webster - Me for Me

Victor Wooten - Yinin' and Pinin'

Peter White - Walk on By

Jeffrey Dennis f/Anesha Brichett - Real

Classic Cocktail - Grover Washington, Jr. - Tell Me About It Now

Tom Braxton - Just You, Just Me

Boney James - Butter

Jonathan Butler - Feels So Good

Ledisi - Same Love

Resonance is defined as “the quality in a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating.” But today we remind you that Jazz creates that depth, fullness, and reverberation down to your core. This is why Resonance is also a feeling, thought, or memory that a piece of writing or music makes you have. This all speaks to the physicality and indefectible nature of Jazz. We hope that this episode of Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul will be enduring and produce perpetual peace in your life.

Track List - Set 1

Eric Essix - Voyage to Atlantis

Kirk Whalum - Playing with Fire

Deborah Bond - Time

Alex Haley an Jack Dine - Think of Me

D'Angelo & The Van Guard - Another Life

David Sanborn - Limited Menu

Joe Johnson - Guess Who Loves You More

Jermaine Peterson - Courage

Candy Dulfer - I Can't Make You Love Me

Donald Byrd - Flight Time

Track List - Set 2

Conya Doss & B. Golden - Wishful Thinking

Dee Lucas - Love Saw It

Michael Franks - Blue Pacific

Jackiem Joyner - Stay With Me Tonight

N'Dambi - Hot Pearl C

Dave Koz & Brian McKnight - Summertime in NYC

Hiroshima - Bop Hop

Classic Cocktail - Jeff Lorber - Oh LaLa

Lin Roundtree f/Lindsey Webster - Me for Me

Robert Glasper f/Lalah Hathaway - Jesus Children

Shakatak - Blue Azure

Will Downing - The Warmth of You

Jazz is actually a reflection of your inner most feelings, your soul, your spirit manifest in the music. No matter your emotion there is a Jazz composition that represents the ebbs and flows, the depths and heights,  the breadth and width. When you look into Jazz, you're looking into the mirror of your personal moments.

Track List - Set 1

Michael Franks f/Brenda Russell - When I Give My Love To You

Brian Culbertson, Marcus Miller, & Steve Cole - Come On Up 

Chris Botti f/Jill Scott - Good Morning Heartache

Marlena Shaw - Go Away Little Boy

Deborah Bond - Time

Dave Koz - Love is on the Way

Marcus Miller - Blast

Anthony David, Algebra & Phonte - 4Evermore

Eric Marienthal & Chuck Loeb - Sun Rays

Track List - Set 2

Miles Davis - Frelon Brun

Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit

Iamnobodi - Bubble Bath Dreams

Sade - War of the Hearts

Ledisi - All the Way/Same Love/In the Morning

Jeffrey Dennis f/Anesha Brichett - Real

Classic Cocktail - Weather Report - Black Market

Will Downing - Warmth of You

Boney James f/Kenny Lattimore - Be Here

BWB - Provo

The definition of Reciprocity is "the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another." Picture yourself as the recipeint of continuous bliss, satisfaction, euphoria, and climactic pleasure! A bit much you say? Well, Jazz delivers that type of gratification and all you have to do is 'reciprocate', to experience the true ethereal effects of the music. Give to Jazz and let It return the Love......Today through Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul.

Track List - Set 1

Zo! - Flight of the Blackbyrds

Chris Standring - Liquid Soul

Emily Muli - Self Care

Jordan Rakei - Alright

Don Diego - Rocket Love

Dee Lucas - Morning After

Kevin Ross - Inside Freestyle

Everett Harp - When Can I See You Again

Gabriela Anders - Love is so Unkind

Gregory Porter - When Love Was King

Pat Metheny - Here to Stay

Track List - Set 2

Lin Roundtree f/Lindsey Webster - Me For Me

Nathan Mitchell f/Tony Terry - Affirmation

Tall Black Guy - Beware of the Groove

Robert Glasper - Francessence

Kirk Whalum - Now and Forever 

Dr. Lonnie Liston Smith - For Heavens Sake

Gerald Albright & Norman Brown - Power of Your Smile

Streetwize - Gin and Juice

Classic Cocktail - Al Jarreau - We're in This Love Together

Doobie Powell & Frank McComb - Better

Earth, Wind, and Fire - Evil 

Joonie f/Donald Hayes - Far Away

Vandell Andrew - Flow

There is a dignity that exudes and is almost demanded by Jazz music. There is an imperial nature of the consequence of the music. Jazz comes from very humble beginnings and has stood the test of time. Once being the forbidden fruit, frowned upon by socialites and dignitaries, it is now considered the genre of the hip, woke, conscious crowd. Majestic in every way but accessible to all. Now enjoy the dominion of Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul.

Track List - Set 1

Boney James - Butter

Brian Culbertson, Marcus Miller, and Steve Cole - Come On Up

Daniel Ceasar, H.E.R., Justin Ward - Best Part

Anesha Brichett - Real

Crusaders - And Then There Was the Blues

Tom Misch - Follow

Mike Phillips - Will You Stick With Me

Lin Roundtree f/Lindsay Webster - Me For Me

Keiko Matsui - Proof 2013

Track List - Set 2

Ragan Whiteside - Off the Cuff

Althea Rene - Mystic Voyage

Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Make You Feel

Robert Glasper - Portraits of an Angel

Jarrod Lawson - Evalee

Chris Botti - If I Could

Lalah Hathaway - We Were 2

Classic Cocktail - Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Keep On Walking

Slakah the Beatchild - When the Night Stood Still

Eric Essix - Caravan of Love

Kirk Whalum - My All

Will Downing - Warmth of You

Jazz is for Grown Folks...............................................Period!!!

Track List - Set 1

Brian Simpson & Jonathan Butler - Wherever You Go

Candy Dulfer & Jonathan Butler - What Does It Take

Boney James - Butter

Michael Franks - Lady Wants to Know

Ashleigh Smith - In the Rain

Chris Standring - Gentle Persuasion

Bob Baldwin f/Will Downing - Break Up to Make Up

Dwele - Vain

Gabriela Anders & Eric Benet - Forever

Gregory Porter - Be Good (Lion's Song)

Herbie Hancock - Sun Touch

Track List - Set 2

Deborah Bond - Time

Doobie Powell & Frank McComb - Better

Chris Botti - No Ordinary Love

Mike Phillips - We Are One

Robert Glasper f/Lalah Hathaway - Cherish the Day

Gerald Albright and Norman Brown - Champagne Life

Classic Cocktail - Gerald Albright - Bermuda Nights

Jeff Lorber, Karyn White, Michael Jefferies - Back in Love

Ragan Whiteside - Off the Cuff