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You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz MusiciansThe best hang in music. Author: Peter Martin & Adam Maness
The best hang in music. Jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin break down the greatest albums of all time, track-by-track. Like Thriller, Kid A, Songs In the Key of Life, Aja, and Voodoo. They use their deep knowledge of music theory to uncover the hidden qualities that make music work - harmony, groove, composition and production - while demonstrating at the keys and playing isolated stems. Then, watch them perform their favorite track with our in-house band: One shot, one take. You'll never hear music the same way again. A video podcast from Open Studio, the #1 online jazz education platform. Language: en Genres: Music, Music Commentary Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Earfood – Roy Hargrove
Episode 10
Monday, 28 September, 2026
Even if you don't recognize his name, you've heard his sound. Jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove played trumpet on, and contributed arrangements to, D'Angelo's Voodoo, Common's Like Water for Chocolate, and Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun. He was equally at home with neo-soul and hip-hop, and straight-ahead acoustic jazz. At the same time he was contributing to era-defining Soulquarian projects, he was producing music with his jazz quintet.Today, jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin listen to his 2008 masterpiece Earfood and explore why it may be the perfect jazz album for the jazz-curious neo-soul fan.Start your free Open Studio trial for ALLLLL your jazz lesson needs:https://openstudiojazz.com/-------------------------------Learn to talk like a jazz musician. Download the Liner Notes FREE today:https://yhi.link/earfood-------------------------------Learn to play tracks from You'll Hear It. Join the You'll Hear It Players Club:https://yhi.link/players-club-------------------------------📞 Send us a message: https://youllhearit.com/------------------------------About You'll Hear It:Jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin unpack popular albums track-by-track in this weekly listening party. They talk about what their trained ears hear in the music, offering audiences a new window into the records they love.00:00 The hidden force behind neo-soul02:04 Roy Hargrove’s early years07:07 D’Angelo, Voodoo and the Soulquarians9:25 The RH Factor and Roy’s quintet15:08 I’m Not So Sure23:10 Brown27:24 Strasbourg / St. Denis32:01 Starmaker34:09 Joy Is Sorrow Unmasked38:56 The Stinger44:43 Rouge49:06 Mr. Clean51:37 Style54:01 Divine55:45 To Wisdom the Prize57:11 Speak Low1:00:26 Bring It On Home to Me1:02:04 Adam and Peter’s favourite moments1:08:47 The final verdict
