De La Soul - Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996De La Soul's Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996 is a time machine for fans old and new Recorded on May 16, 1996 at New York's famous Tramps nightclub, the core trio are joined by several guests, including Mos Def, then an unknown property but just about to make his De La debut on Stakes Is High. Common stops by for a pair of tracks, and the Jungle Brothers take the stage for one of the highlights, a reprise of their 1989 single "Buddy." This collection of

The 14-track album is further justification for Porter's quick ascent into the top ranks of jazz and R&B singers today

Dancer) alongside Andrew Milk (Shopping

cooperation and creative input

and mode of being

Toronto saxophonist Joseph Shabason sketches an auditory map of the transcendence

without a doubt

It was some years back that you dropped the needle on the record and heard it say

Supreme and Sensational

blissful Robert Wyatt-via-Talk Talk-esque pastoral and even Lalo Schifrin-esque celluloid-score tension are visited in search of some greater universal truth

having their origins in early demos Omar recorded at the duo’s Long Beach home Anikulapo

soul and resonant acoustic guitars "that stroke and stone you to the core" (Shindig)

between raw intimacy and dreamlike splendour