1001 Albums Summary

notable: soul love (actually sounds good vocally and the sax ☝️) weird listening to the blueprint knowing that there are pieces that are derivative that do the sound better. i wish it was better so i didnt have to give it a meh score but i do see the cultural impact behind it.

wonderful! i think its an album that i enjoyed more after knowing the background behind it. its crazy that the whole thing improvised, with conditions that would make me jump off a cliff- instead of banging out one hour of beautiful piano jazz

top tracks: don’t you worry ’bout a thing: so good! the instrumental for this with the dialogue calls for a fun time. love the latin vibes here. he’s misstra know-it-all: Im down to be conned. smooth piano and smoother lyrics makes for a groovy track living for the city: best one on the album i think. the story telling is something else, and i think wonder does a great job of subverting the typical country song narrative of the grind by tying in the racialization of black men in america, unable to fully participate in society due to various institutional racial constraints.

loved all the harmonica in the album. the top track was state trooper for me. its a bit mellow for me, but maybe the right time and place will come again for me to play it in its proper setting…