We now have lastly introduced one in every of our most requested artists to the Tiny Desk: Jill Scott! “I thought of you a lot,” Scott tells the viewers. “I used to be, like, ‘Sooner or later, Imma be on Tiny Desk!’ ” In celebration of her new album, To Whom This Could Concern, her first in simply over a decade, the Philadelphia poet shares some new music together with the classics we have been craving for.
Most Jill Scott followers know that her albums are gateways to the dwell present. For over 25 years, the stage has been the place she shows her true artistry as a natural-born performer. Each word and each lyric is offered — typically highly effective and typically light, however all the time with a smile. Which is why she stresses earlier than and after the present that that is “dwell music,” and these mics aren’t for adornment. As a songwriter, her skill to write down for Black girls and to Black males has amassed a loyal following, permitting her to promote out reveals, whether or not she has one thing new to promote or not.
Draped in a gown with patterns that match her colourful and limitless vocal skill, she begins off with “A Lengthy Stroll,” from her groundbreaking debut album, Who Is Jill Scott?: Phrases and Sounds Vol. 1, including a refined nod to the late D’Angelo. The brand new songs, “Stunning Folks” and “Do not Play,” are as soulful and sultry as something in her catalog, however all the things reaches a correct climax with a model of “The Method” that made the hair on my arms arise. Jilly from Philly’s Tiny Desk is right here, and it is precisely what we have been ready for.
SET LIST
- “A Lengthy Stroll”
- “Stunning Folks”
- “Cross My Thoughts”
- “Do not Play”
- “The Method”
MUSICIANS
- Jill Scott: vocals
- Dwayne “DW” Wright: bass, music director
- Adam Smith: guitar
- Eric Wortham II: keys
- David Chiverton: drums
- Dom Thomas: percussion
- Damon “Mr. Dizzy Fingers” Bennett: flute, bass flute
- Theljon Allen: trumpet, flugelhorn
- Gene Noble: background vocals
- Bluu Suede: background vocals
- Deonis “Pumah” Cook dinner: background vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Bobby Carter
- Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Engineer/Combine: Josephine Nyounai
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Body, Maia Stern, Alanté Serene
- Audio Engineer: Hannah Gluvna
- Manufacturing Assistants: Dhanika Pineda, Dora Levite
- Photographer: Elizabeth Gillis
- Tiny Desk Group: Josh Newell, Ashley Pointer
- Collection Editor: Lars Gotrich
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Govt Director: Sonali Mehta
- Collection Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton
