-New Urban Culture- A Little Monday Morning Jazz with Erykah Badu: Live at NPR
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As a melodious way to ease into our new week, today's New Urban Sounds post features the song stylings of soulstress Erykah Badu -as she popped by the offices of National Public Radio this month, serving up a jazzy, unplugged mini-set of some of her classic tunes. In describing her performance, NPR contributor Felix Contreras writes,
"Propelled by jazz chords on the piano and the steady pulse of the acoustic bass, the playful performance unfolded in the tradition of the best bebop... By the time it was over, we were all just as emotionally and spiritually spent as she was from the experience...Erykah Badu is an artist for the ages. To old-school jazz fans like myself, names like Nina Simone, Betty Carter and Shirley Horn come to mind as much as Billie Holiday because of Badu's singular approach to a lyric. They all cut their own creative path and left behind a legacy that you can identify with just one note."
We hope you'll enjoy as much as we have, until then. Happy listening!
