Billy Valentine - Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth

Billy Valentine - Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth

• Acid Jazz presents a very special collabora5on with Flying Dutchman –
the first new music from the iconic US label since the ’70s.
• Billy Valen5ne is one of the great soul voices working in America (‘the
secret weapon of almost every songwriter in L.A.’) – with a history as
deep and varied as the Young-Hold Trio, the original touring company of
‘The Wiz’, in collabora5on with his brother as ‘The Valen5ne Brothers’,
right up to credits that include Swedish House Mafia.
• Collaborator Bob Thiele Jr. is the son of legendary producer and Flying
Dutchman founder Bob Thiele (John Coltrane, Gil ScoV- Heron and many
others), and an acclaimed producer and songwriter in his own right.
Having worked together for over three decades, his vision was to
produce a Billy Valen5ne record to reflect our 5mes.
• Conceived in the summer of 2020, it is a response to the throes of a
global pandemic and the aYermath of the murder of George Floyd. More
than a covers album, this record uncovers the works of the likes of Cur5s
Mayfield, Gil Scot Heron, and Pharaoh Sanders in a new seZng.
• Recorded at EastWest Studios (formally the historic United Western
Recorders), produced and mixed by Dave Way, and featuring a stella
cast of session musicians, the album is as sonically stunning as it is
moving.

Tracklisting
1. We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
2. Home Is Where The Hatred Is
3. My People... Hold On
4. You Haven’t Done Nothin’
5. The Creator Has A Master Plan
6. Sign Of The Times
7. Wade In The Water
8. The World Is A Ghetto

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