Everything. I dare anyone to find a flaw in his first six Hi albums, one of the greatest all-killer, no-filler string of releases in history.
Blue Note releases "Lay It Down" on May 27. He plays the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 27. A video on the making of the new record is here.
Al Green is back to singing about love on his next Blue Note album, "Lay It Dow," which is set for a May 27 release.
Green has recorded duets with John Legend, Corinne Bailey Rae and Anthony Hamilton and headed to Brooklyn instead of Memphis for his horn section, the Dap Kings. ?uestlove from the Roots produced the album.
It was ?uestlove who got the ball rolling on the album, asking Green if he would work with the soul legend. The two did a marathon session at Electric Ladyland in N.Y., which yielded eight song sketches.
The Set List is written and compiled by Variety associate editor Phil Gallo. Gallo, based in Los Angeles, writes about the music business for Daily Variety and reviews concerts, television shows and theater.
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