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Open Arms to Open Us is a brand new, freshly baked tunes by Gay, a collection recorded entirely at International Anthem studios in Chicago between March-June 2021.

He is an artist that has been called “visionary” by the New York Times. Jeff Parker has called him “one of my favorite musicians on the planet today.” NPR says “there is no one universe for Ben LaMar Gay, he just sonic booms from one sound to another.”

Gay lives up to all these statements and more, putting all his best feet forward on this new album. Fluently interweaving jazz, blues, ballads, R&B, raga, new music, nursery rhyme, Tropicalia, two-step, hip-hop and beyond in his most colorful and communicable work yet, it's a beaming expression of Gay’s signature omni-genre, “Pan-Americana” brew.

Tracklist

A

  • 1.Sometimes I Forget How Summer Looks On You (Feat. Ohmme)
  • 2.Hood Rich Happy
  • 3.Bang Melodically Bang
  • 4.Aunt Lola And The Quail
  • 5.Mestre Candeia's Denim Hat
  • 6.Oh Great Be the Lake
  • 7.I Be Loving Me Some Of You
  • 8.Nyuzura (Feat. Dotothée Munyaneza)

B

  • 9.Slightly Before The Dawn
  • 10.Lean Back. Try Igbo (Feat. Onye Ozuzu)
  • 11.Dress Me In New Love
  • 12.Touch. Don't Scroll (Feat. Ayanna Woods)
  • 13.I Once Carried A Blossom (Feat. A. Martinez)
  • 14.In Tongues And In Droves (Feat. Tomeka Reid)
  • 15.S'Phisticated Lady (Feat. Angel Bat Dawid, Gira Dahnee)
  • 16.We Gon Win

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