Let Yourself Go!, by George Shaw & Jetstream

Let Yourself Go!

by George Shaw & Jetstream

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1.	Caught Up In The Rapture 04:19	buy track
2.	Vapor Trail 04:36	buy track
3.	Far Away Places 04:22	buy track
4.	Jade Wind 04:15	buy track
5.	Love Will Conquer All 04:24	buy track
6.	Sound Barrier 04:20	buy track
7.	Outside Motion 04:15	buy track
8.	Overnight Delight 04:18	buy track

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After spending the bulk of the ’70s as a hired gun for David Ruffin, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations, George Shaw got a call from Palo Alto’s TBA label. The fledgling smooth jazz imprint was desperate to fill the void left by their golden child George Howard, who had just jumped ship for MCA Records.

Shaw’s fifth album for TBA in two years, 1987’s Let Yourself Go! finds the erstwhile producer cozying up with his CPU. “Most jazz musicians at the time were running away from computers and not towards,” Shaw said of the album’s futuristic approach. This new found appreciation for technology is most evident on “Jade Wind,” a vaporwave-adjacent piece that leans heavy on spooky keys, muted trumpet, and Yamaha QX1.

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released July 17, 2020

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