Silk Chocolate by delly Negrito

I really consider this to be my first album, even though I had recorded and released one a few years ago. That one didn't come out quite the way I'd hoped because I was pretty much a loner on it, trying to do everything before I was ready. There were a few people I'd wanted to work with who didn't want to work with me. I'm not sure if they were afraid they wouldn't get paid, or credited, or maybe they just didn't see the potential in it.

Admittedly, I didn't know then as much as I know now (just as much as I don't know now as much as I will in the future) and I was pretty much forced to do as much on my own as possible. Don't get me wrong, I did have help. But because of my lack of knowledge, particularly when it came to music theory, I made some decisions that didn't fit musically and didn't make "theoretical sense." So, those decisions had to be straightened out to form a cohesive thought. But some of that straightening out led to other decisions I would have never made and frankly, didn't care for. Thus, the album was not what I envisioned.

Fast forward to today, thanks to the acquired musical knowledge, i am able to get it right from the very beginning. This album is now the culmination of a journey to not only use what I've learned, but to also show love for what some consider a dying genre: that of SMOOTH JAZZ!

Though others may consider these songs something entirely different, Smooth vocal Jazz was what I intended. An album you could press play on at the beginning and let it coast without interruption to the end. Keeping that in mind, I hope and pray that those who choose to listen also HEAR! And by all means, enjoy.