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Cover of People on Our Street

EP · 2017

People on Our Street

by Teddy Okafor Trio

Neighbours, markets and gym-hall slow dances: six portraits of the people who live around the club.

Tracks

  1. 1. Wave Through the Window, NeighbourA wave across the garden fence says more than most speeches. It's about the small kindnesses that hold a street together.bossa nova, cosy jazz2:50
  2. 2. Peaches by the Pound, Saturday MorningThe stalls unfold and the whole morning smells of fruit. Danny taps the crates for the groove.bossa nova, market swing3:15
  3. 3. Cab Driver's Rear-View StoriesA cab driver told me how a goodbye sounds from the front seat, and I couldn't shake it. We kept the arrangement low and rolling like a late-night ride.bossa nova, nostalgic jazz3:16
  4. 4. Gym Lights Down, One More Slow SongPaper stars, sagging streamers and one last slow dance. Lena played the sweetest chord of her life here.jazz-pop, slow-dance jazz2:37
  5. 5. The Accordion Man at Pier NineHe sets his stool by the ferry steps at a quarter to six, like clockwork. We play it a bit like his squeezebox, wheezy and warm.jazz-pop, pier-side swing2:53
  6. 6. Late Summer, Long Porch ShadowsThe sun lowers behind a neighbour's tree and nobody wants to go in. The closer for the quiet end of the day.bossa nova, porch jazz3:28

Liner notes

This EP is the people on our street: the neighbour with the tomatoes, the cab driver, the accordion man at the pier. We wrote it between gigs and recorded it in an afternoon in the back room of the club, because that's where all these characters tend to turn up anyway.

Teddy Okafor Trio