#2706 The Juju Exchange - Exchange

Donnie Trumpet brings his own brand of funky, silky jazz-inflected groovery. It's all well-planned, the Steely Dan of jazz, shades of Hancock, but squirrely enough to feel alive, with unexpected instruments and tones wandering in from here and there, cloaked in reverb, tempos pulsing, and that too-sweet trumpet tone painting too-sweet melodies over top. It toes the line of overproduced, but there's some tap into something real that keeps it kicking. A chill listen for a laid back Summer, if we ever get another one 4/5