Radio Music Society

by Esperanza Spalding

Radio Music Society cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 March 2012
  • Label: Heads Up
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:58
  • Community rating: 3.32/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the conceptual counterpart to her preceding chamber-jazz album, the critically acclaimed bassist and vocalist engineered this project to be explicitly more accessible and radio-friendly. The arrangements prominently incorporate full horn sections and heavy, funk-oriented electric bass lines, actively bridging the gap between traditional jazz composition and contemporary neo-soul. The record earned widespread commercial success and firmly established her as a preeminent crossover artist in modern jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: nature, conscious

Tracklist

  1. Radio Song (6:32)
  2. Cinnamon Tree (5:35)
  3. Crowned & Kissed (4:34)
  4. Land Of The Free (1:54)
  5. Black Gold (5:16)
  6. I Can't Help It (4:42)
  7. Hold On Me (3:40)
  8. Vague Suspicions (5:50)
  9. Endangered Species (6:37)
  10. Let Her (4:20)
  11. City Of Roses (4:35)
  12. Smile Like That (4:17)

Credits

  • Algebra Blessett - written-by, featuring
  • Lionel Loueke - featuring
  • Joe Lovano - featuring
  • Stevie Wonder - written-by
  • Susaye Greene - written-by
  • Lalah Hathaway - featuring
  • Joseph Vitarelli - written-by
  • Wayne Shorter - written-by

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