No Plan B feat The Family Stand Performing The Great John Coltrane’s Composition…Naima…. (Sandra St Victor- vocals Peter Lord- Piano V.Jeffrey Smith- soprano sax.)

When something sounds/feels good don’t you have to tell someone about it?

I think far too often we sit back and wait for a corporate brand to tell us what sounds/feels good. But I’ll take the word of a human brand any day because most often(depending upon the person) the human brand is motivated by how an experience feels emotionally. Personally, I enjoyed the 5:34 of this track so much that I have played it three times while writing this post. Isn’t that how you really get to know someone? Don’t you have to spend time with them? Don’t you learn something new from each experience?

I’m sure this will be the first of many encounters that I will have with this wonderful arrangement of “Naima” I’m looking forward to getting know more about her.

7.Naima feat The Family Stand by hebop7

I had the pleasure recently of interviewing The Family Stand- Peter Lord, Sandra St. Victor, and V. Jeffrey Smith- what a great time I had! I strongly suggest that if you have not picked up a copy of their latest project In A Thousand Years that you do so here.

In this interview we talk about the state of music past, present and future and what’s on the horizon for The Family Stand individually and collectively. Special thanks to Rob Fields from boldaslove.us for hooking up the interview!

The Family Stand by GrownFolksMusic

Great new track from The Family Stand from their upcoming fifth studio album which drops September 7th as a digital only release via Bandcamp.

GFM Fam should be well acquainted with the great body of work that Sandra St. Victor has produced throughout her entire career. Here’s something else you can add to that list in the form of the video for the track “At My Spheres”. Special out as always to Fiona Bloom for helping to keep us in the know with great musical content.

MdCL presents… EP vol.1 – ESP-038 by mashibeats

Great three song set from producer Mark de Clive-Lowe. For fans of great dance music with classic melodies and just a feel good vibe, this is it right. Contained herein are some great performances from Dutch trumpeter Rob van de Wouw feat. Ivar of vocals, The Politik and Sandra St.Victor. The entire collections drops April 30, 2010.

Ok, this is the part where I suggest some music that you need to listen to. Not that I’m not always doing that, but some music is like a sweet confection and then, some music…is like organic vegetables. I’m going to put this new offering from The Family Stand into the vegetable category.

For those of you not familiar with The Family Stand the band is comprised of Peter Lord, Sandra St. Victor and V. Jeffrey Smith. The band saw their greatest commercial success with the release of the single “Ghetto Heaven” in 1990. The hook to “Ghetto Heaven” was re-interpolated by Common for his 2001 track “Geto Heaven”.
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