The Supper Table

From the inner jacket: The Liquid Crystal Project is a figment of J. Rawls imagination. For a long time, I have had this vision of a different type of jazz and hip-hop fusion.  I like to call this version, Jazz-hop, because it is jazzy with all the elements of hip-hop inside it.  It's most evident in the drums!  The boom-bap of hip-hop from (sic) is present.  Put those two together and it's so right! This is something for the thirty-something cats that yearn for a more mature music. We grew up on hip-hop and live for the boom-bap, but we don't really have any tolerance for the nonsense most rappers are talking about today.  This is for the hip-hop connoisseur that can appreciate good hip-hop merged with a touch of jazz. I would like to welcome you to my imagination, jazzhop; THE LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECT! This is an album made for the cd format.  It's a great listen from beginning to end, mature hip-hop, spring music that makes the need for gett...

I borrowed this CD from the Seattle Public Library and became obsessed.  I listened to it repeatedly until it was due, rechecked it and listened until I had no choice but to return it.  I then went in search of it on vinyl.  I searched for a year and a half, and finally found it for $75 through a mail order record shop.  Just as I had convinced myself it was worth it, I found it for $15.  I love this album.  It's soulful, jazzy, touching and sweet with just the right amount of schmaltz.  It's Betty Carter's recording debut, and her voice with Ray's is amazing. Ray Charles and Betty Carter side 1 1 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 2 You and I 3 Intro: Goodbye/ We'll Be Together Again 4 People Will Say We're in Love 5 Cocktails for Two 6 Side By Side