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Jay-Jay Johanson - Opium

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Format: CD
Rel. Date: 06/16/2015
UPC: 813615012524

Opium
Artist: Jay-Jay Johanson
Format: CD
New: Not in stock
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. Drowsy / Too Young To Say Good Night
2. Moonshine
3. Be Yourself
4. I Love Him So
5. Nde
6. I Don't Know Much About Loving
7. Scarecrow
8. I Can Count On You
9. Alone Too Long
10. Harakiri
11. Celebrate The Wonders

More Info:

It was in 1996 that Jay-Jay Johanson, a young man from a cold climate, fascinated by the Bristol sound they called trip-hop and Portishead in particular, first tapped delicately on our eardrums. In only a few songs he revealed a family tree that spread its roots far and wide: on one branch Chet Baker and Lee Hazelwood, on the other John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman, and in between a whole army of jazz or symphonic recordings sampled from everywhere imaginable. Almost 20 years later he has returned with an incredible album called Opium. It contains the very essence of Johanson's music: an ease with inventing melodies, a voice that gently caresses, and the jacked up, heady rhythms that lift and carry the songs.
        
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