December Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month - Charles Bradley - Black Velvet

This 10-track album pulls together previously unreleased material from sessions for each of Bradley's three albums, 2011's No Time for Dreaming, 2013's Victim of Love, and 2016's Changes. The songs include a duet with LaRose Jackson called "Luv Jones", an alternate full band take of "Victim of Love", and a trio of covers: Nirvana's "Stay Away", Neil Young's "Heart of Gold", and Rodriguez's "Slip Away". The title track is an Menahan Street Band instrumental for which Bradley never got the chance to record vocals.

Tracks

1. Can't Fight the Feeling
2. Luv Jones
3. I Feel a Change
4. Slip Away
5. Black Velvet
6. Stay Away
7. Heart of Gold
8. (I Hope You Find) the Good Life
9. Fly Little Girl
10. Victim of Love (Electric Version)