Music Monday Track: Kev Choice-The Roundtree

Kwan Booth Mon, 16 Nov at 5:21pm
Photo courtesy of Fred Zilla

Photo courtesy of Fred Zilla

Funky. It's a bit overused but it really is the perfect way to describe this track. A low slung, jazz, head nodding kind of funky, with Kev Choice's nimble piano dancing all over it. It could slide into a Madlib mix just as easily as a 70's soul soundtrack. You can almost see a Shaft era Richard Roundtree slipping into a brown leather trench, popping the collar and hitting the town to this cut.  It's been on repeat all morning.

The song is a part of Kev's new Daily Dosage Series.  From now until the end of the year, he'll be releasing a song a day for free on his website.  The tracks range from mellow weekend tunes like this to full on bangers like his recent love letter to the Bay Bridge.  Dropping a tune a day for the next two months is going to be challenging, but if he can keep up this kind of quality, Oakland can look forward to two months of sublime sounds.

The Roundtree-Kev Choice by OaklandLocal

Get more information about Kev Choice and the Kev Choice Ensemble on their website and check them out live. http://kevchoice.com

 

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Recording Academy SF Chapter Presents Annual Membership Celebration

$40 non-members, 21+

6–10 p.m.

Temple

540 Howard St., San Francisco, CA

http://www.grammy.com/san_francisco

 

Friday, November 20, 2009

Kev Choice Ensemble Presents “Tribute: Prince – The Purple Party”

Featuring The Kev Choice Ensemble & Special Guests

$10, 21+

10 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Shattuck Down Low

2284 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

http://www.shattuckdownlow.com

 

Photo courtesy of Fred Zilla

 

Music Monday is our weekly series highlighting Oakland's diverse music community.  Soul, Indie, Hip Hop, Classical, Electronic-If you're an Oakland based musician we want to hear from you.  We'll be highlighting our songs every week.  Send us your tracks, bio and contact info.  You can also drop music into our Sound Cloud account.

About Kwan Booth
Kwan Booth is the co founder and Sr. Community Manager for Oakland Local. A West Oakland resident, Booth is also a creative writer, media consultant and cultural curator. He was recently a recipient of the Society of Professional Journalist’s Sigma Delta Chi award for a series on air quality and health issues in West Oakland. He writes at Boothism.com
Susan Mernit commented Array ago

Dude, I am loving this one!