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Radio Music Society is a companion, rather than a sequel, to Spalding's previous disc, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart. "Originally I thought it would be fun to release a double album," she explains, "One disc with an intimate, subtle exploration of chamber works and a second one in which jazz musicians explore song forms and melodies that are formatted more along the lines of what we would categorize as "pop songs." Those are the two things that really interest me, and it intrigues me to think about different presentation approaches while writing each kind of song. On the pop song side, I think about listeners who aren't into jazz, but I also think about the people within my musical community who can interpret each idea best. "Art doesn't thrive with too much analyzing and explaining," Esperanza Spalding notes, "The idea of `radio music' is very broad." Radio Music Society is destined to expand the concept even further, not to mention the horizons of the music world's most exceptional young artist.
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TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Radio Song / American Music Program 6:32
2 Cinnamon Tree 5:35
3 Crowned & Kissed 4:34
4 Land of the Free 1:54
5 Black Gold 5:16
6 I Can't Help It 4:42
7 Hold on Me / American Music Program 3:40
8 Vague Suspicions 5:50
9 Endagered Species 6:37
10 Let Her 4:20
11 City of Roses / American Music Program 4:35
12 Smile Like That 4:17
Disc 2
1 Crowned & Kissed Barcelona, Spain
2 Let Her Barcelona, Spain
3 I Can't Help It Barcelona, Spain
4 Hold on Me Barcelona, Spain
5 Cinnamon Tree Barcelona, Spain
6 Vague Suspicions Barcelona, Spain
7 Radio Song Barcelona, Spain
8 Land of the Free Portland, Oregon
9 City of Roses Portland, Oregon
10 Black Gold New York, NY
11 Smile Like That New York, NY
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