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robert aaron - trouble man - heavenly sweetness - cd

Genre: Jazz

1. Trouble Man
2. A Song For Monnette
3. The Saddest Kiss (feat. Anthony Joseph)
4. Flow Like A River
5. Sweat
6. Maimouna
7. Thembi
8. Bombo
9. Sweet Obsession
10. Doin The Grind

Former busker and NYC No Wave scenester and all around amazing NY lifeforce Robert Aaron -- working beautifully here in a timeless soul jazz inspired mode -- capturing that vibe wonderfully on this effort for the Heavenly Sweetness label! Keys, smooth, but lively saxes and and some great percussion are usually at play in these tunes -- which bears the influences of greats from Pharoah Sanders to Gato Barbieri in spirit and instrumentation. Aaron plays a lot of instruments, here working on saxes, piano, Hammond organ and electric bass, with Cheick Tidiane Seck on organs & piano, Marc Bertaux on bass, Steve McCraven on druns, Roger Raspail and Emilo Del Monte on percussion, Jose Palmer on guitar and guests Anthony7 Joseph who sings on "The Saddest Kiss", guitarist Monnette Sudler and alto sax player Suleyman Hakim. Includes "Trouble Man", "A Song For Monette", "The Saddest Kiss", "Flow Like A River", "Maimouna", "Thembi", "Bombo", "Sweet Obsession" and "Doin' The Grind"