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Can’t Stop Spinning: Jessy Lanza’s Favourite Records
Aimee Armstrong , June 24th, 2020 09:13

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Jessy Lanza speaks to Aimee Armstrong about lifelong favourites from Fleetwood Mac to Missy Elliott, and discusses the records that helped her bridge the worlds of pop and jazz

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Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Mystic Voyage
So this one goes way back to jazz school. I just love his ability to write pop music on the vibraphone, I saw him play live a couple of years ago and he’s just an incredible musician. For all of these picks, the songcraft is really the foundation, even when there are no vocals the melodic parts really shine through.