Various Artists - Nu Leaf

Label: Numero Group 

Format: LP, Vinyl, Album

Country: US

Released: 31 July 2020

Genre: Smooth Jazz

1. Michael Hayes - Orphans 04:57
2. Larry Bright - Sunbeam 04:18
3. George Shaw - 6295 SW Fisher 04:26
4. Plunky - Tropical Chill (JazzMix) 06:06
5. Calvin Keys - Maria's First 06:59

As the rift between academic jazz, new age, and pop narrowed in the 1980s, D.I.Y. practitioners of metronome driven riffs found new growth in a burgeoning managerial middle class, a commercial audience held captive in dentist offices and waiting rooms across America. Session players took to midi-banks stocked with every instrument imaginable and delivered on a road rage-induced demand to stay cool, relaxed, and focused all at once. The extra-wide cuts packaged here will be mint for years to come. Go ahead, break the seal on a fresh pack of NuLeafs: There’s only one sensation this smooth.