Billy Valentine - 'We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue' (45 Version) by Acid Jazz Records published on 2022-08-25T11:24:39Z 'Billy and Bob Thiele Jr have been working together for some time, writing songs for amongst others Ray Charles, Joe Cocker and Axwell from the Swedish House Mafia. During 2020 - lockdown and the protests around George Floyd and on behalf of BLM - the pair started working on an album of politically relevant covers from soul music’s past. It was something that should have just been a diversion but the results were stunning and an album’s worth of material was recorded featuring amongst others Jeff Parker, Joel Ross, Theo Croker, Pino Paladino, James Gadson and Linda May Oh. Bob and I had been working on the Flying Dutchman catalogue - Bob working with his father’s legacy for the first time - and he felt that this record could sit proudly and appropriately alongside that catalogue and that it should be the first new release on Flying Dutchman since 1976. Myself and Ed offered to release it on Flying Dutchman via Acid Jazz, a collaboration between two classic labels. The first fruits were this stunning version of Curtis Mayfield’s ‘We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue’, where Billy is accompanied by The Larry Golding Trio and Blue Note Records recording artist and very special saxophone talent Immanual Wilkins.' - Dean Rudland, August 2022 Comment by joerxworx the true gems <3 2023-08-31T12:54:00Z Comment by zawinul So fine. 2022-09-29T19:07:57Z Comment by Asher Dust, Other stuff & Demo ideas Beautiful tune 2022-09-12T17:06:36Z Comment by Rick Donohue Goosebumps, amazing! 2022-09-01T15:43:03Z Comment by JohnyT One of those tracks you wish were 5 times longer 2022-09-01T06:56:02Z Comment by gildas_12 ▶️ IG One of my favorite track from great Curtis Mayfield. I like your version with a different rythm and the jazz solos ! Nice ! 2022-08-28T23:47:53Z