John Carroll Kirby - My Garden Vinyl LP staff pick "Blue Thunder

"Blue Thunder

"We live in increasingly dark times and while I intend our music to be a balm to those who connect with it

is from the minor segment that found longevity in showbiz

and became an important purveyor in that decade and beyond of what would be marketed as of modern jazz

John Carroll Kirby - My Garden Vinyl LP staff pick "Blue ThunderJohn Carroll Kirby is based in Los Angeles and has arranged, produced and played on records by artists as diverse as Solange, Moses Sumney, Connan Mockasin, Yellow Days and Mark Ronson. His status was cemented through co producing Solanges seminal albums "A Seat at the Table and "When I Get Home", and collaborations with Frank Ocean, Blood Orange, Moses Sumney, Sbastien Tellier. Mentored by jazz bassist John Clayton, a protege of Ray Brown and Quincy