Leron Thomas may make most of his bread and butter playing jazz trumpet but he’s someone who doesn’t let himself be put in any kind of box. You can find him popping in all types of projects and what’s great is that even in his own work he doesn’t just go for the easy money pumping out the great jazz he’s known for. For instance we’ve got this latest track, “Role Play”. Driven by a dirty ass bass line it’s a futuristic sounding funk ballad that wouldn’t be out of place in Sa-Ra world (or Prince for that matter) and whatever trumpet that might be in there is buried low in the mix. He’s got Bilal on the assist with vocals which was an inspired choice, and it leads to the kind of track that you would find yourself pumping in the car on the way to the club or in the background while you’ve got those scented soy candles going and are trying to entice someone into the bedroom (there’s a reason it’s called Role Play).
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