‘Songs From The Shelf’ is a recurring spread featuring music pulled directly from The Jam Jar collection (aka the vinyls crowding my apartment) and compiled into themed mixes for your listening pleasure. Enjoy.
Instrumentals for illuminations, revelations and more FEATURING…
“Slabo Day” — In The Skies, Peter Green
An irresistibly transfixing groove from Fleetwood Mac’s original bandleader.
“Silver Pools” — The Means of Production, The Means of Production
A Brooklyn-based super group’s experimental-psychedelic output from days spent improvising in a shared studio space.
“Smile Happy” — Why Can’t We Be Friends?, War
If the horn swells at the start sound familiar, Shaggy is to thank for that (“Wasn’t me!”)
“Love Is Love” — Flying Start, The Blackbyrds
A synth-forward feel-good gem from legendary trumpeter/composer Donald Byrd’s band of Howard University music students
“Cosmic Love” — Asia, Kitaro
Imagine Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon reinvented with traditional Japanese textures of the electronic variety — a true sonic journey.
