Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger – Force Majeure – Vinyl LP

In March of 2020 bassist Dezron Douglas & harpist Brandee Younger were nestled in their apartment in Harlem, New York, not long after every live concert in the world was cancelled and most folks in the United States were forced to shelter in place for the covid lockdown.

What’s heard on this album, Force Majeure, is a collection of highlights from Douglas & Younger’s legendary lockdown livestream brunch sessions. It includes gorgeous interpretations of songs by Alice & John Coltrane, The Stylistics, The Jackson 5, Pharoah Sanders, Kate Bush, Sting, and The Carpenters… plus some solid gold nuggets of their banter between tunes. It’s an uplifting suite of real, soulful comfort music – a spiritual salve, emanating warmth from the hearth of a Harlem sanctuary.

1. Coffee (Intro)
2. Gospel Trane
3. Equinox
4. The Creator Has a Master Plan
5. Sing
6. You Make Me Feel Brand New
7. We’ll Be Right Black
8. Never Can Say Goodbye
9. This Woman’s Work
10. Nothing Stupid
11. Inshallah
12. Wise One
13. Force Majeure
14. Toilet Paper Romance
15. Flatten the Curve (Outro)