Butcher Brown - All Purpose Music (2014)

Newest album by Richmond, Virginia smooth funky badasses Butcher Brown. These guys are so killing, see them live, check their youtube page, support their endeavors. here's a description of the album by trumpeter Nicholas Payton, who appears on one of the tracks:

"In an era where people eschew tangibility for technology, Butcher Brown is a ray of hope for the future. They are soldiers of peace, armed with respect for the lineage of Black music, who aren't afraid to push forward. Rooted in the soil of the earth, their music reflects an aesthetic that exists beyond chronology. As anomalous as brown leaves of fall on a spring tree, they cause you to question exactly how a group of relatively “young” men possess such “old” souls.

They are agents of a continuum. A spectrum of color that defies categorical constructs, like that of dusk settling across the evening sky. They are a subtle, yet beautiful, reminder that after the darkness of nightfall, we are soon to expect the promise of the sun.

#BAM

— Nicholas Payton aka The Savior of Archaic Pop"