R St Theme

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Recorded at the Historic R St Studio in Washington D.C. BFDS? started off 2019 with a prayer, a promise to forge the music forward and a session to lay down this version of the eponymous Black Folks Don't Swim? Theme.

In their signature jazz and R&B-inflected blue sound, every element of the song invites listeners into celebration. A communal chant, dreamy horns and flowing keys are carried by a tight grooving pocket in the bass and drums. Punctuating trumpet flourishes accent the “They say Black Folks Don’t Swim, Who Don’t Swim? We Float”

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We don't swim, we just float, we don't swim. we just float, we don't swim, we just float, free your mind to the blue note. We don't swim, we just float, we don't swim. we just float, we don't swim, we just float, free your mind to the blue note.

Don't Swim, just float.
Free your mind to the blue note,
free your soul
They say Black Folks Don't Swim?
Who Don't Swim? We Float!
We Float, We Float

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released September 24, 2021
Track Credits:
Words and Music by: Sweet Corey-Bey
Produced by: Sweet Corey-Bey and Nithin Venkatraman
Mixed by: Isaiah Sims
Recorded by: Evan Oliver at R Street Studio

Playing Personnel:
Kailasa Aqeel on Lead Vocals, Sequoia “Redwood” Snyder on Keyboards, Sweet Corey-Bey on Bass, Melanie Brown on alto sax, Daniel J. Campos on Trumpet and FlugelHorn, Nithin Venkatraman on Guitar and Themba Mkhatshwa on Drums

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Black Folks Don't Swim? Washington, D.C.

Black Folks Don't Swim? Is a soulful Black music machine from space that must be pronounced with the upswing inflection of a question. Led by a core ensemble of Black Gender-Variant folks, their music floats through a myriad of liberating sonic traditions including Jazz, Funk, Quiet Storm, Future Soul and R&B. ... more

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