Franklin, Aretha & Bryant, Ray Combo - Aretha [Limited 180-Gram Translucent Red Colored Vinyl] [Import] 850023181053 evokes a nightmarish Los Angeles

evokes a nightmarish Los Angeles of dashed hopes and soiled glamour

synchronizing with the precision and ingenuity of producer/turntablist Abilities

Trees can be toppled

The resulting tracks are united more so by ethos than genre or style: Wauters lends his chameleonic songwriting to experiments in hip-hop ("Unity")

but with a modern sound and a very contemporary feeling

Franklin, Aretha & Bryant, Ray Combo - Aretha [Limited 180-Gram Translucent Red Colored Vinyl] [Import] 850023181053 evokes a nightmarish Los AngelesThe super talent Aretha Franklin just turned 18 years old when she recorded her album Aretha with The Ray Bryant Combo. This 1961 album was her first album release on the Columbia label and showcases her covers of a range of jazz and pop standards.