(He also played on Adele's 21, propelling the smash single "Rolling in the Deep.") More than most other tracks on 30, "My Little Love" harnesses harmonic intrigue and rhythmic undulation in a way that sounds. The drummer on the track is Chris Dave, a rhythm genius who rose to prominence in the Robert Glasper Experiment, and with D'Angelo and The Vanguard. "Jazzy-ish" has just the right degree of blurriness as a descriptor, while acknowledging the subtle connections in the song, which was produced by erstwhile jazz pianist and repeat Adele-whisperer Greg Kurstin. That assessment felt spot-on to me, even if the stylistic legacy of the song - down to the gently tripping melisma that concludes each line in the verse - points clearly in the direction of Marvin Gaye. "Wow, this is really jazzy-ish," said my daughter, cocking her head as she listened.
The exchange we had was a lot less emotionally charged than the one in the song, but it began with a line worth remembering. This morning I played " My Little Love" for the first time while serving breakfast to one of my own kids, a lifelong Adele fan.
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Touchingly, Adele responds with full candor, admitting to her own confusion. "Mommy's been having a lot of big feelings recently," she says in one such exchange, speaking with her grade-school son, Angelo, who naturally asks for some elaboration.
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On a song called "My Little Love," a series of interpolated voice memos intensifies the guilt and vulnerability that Adele carried into her post-divorce life. A close listen to Adele's new album, 30, reveals a wealth of jazz connections.Įarly in the going on 30, the juggernaut of a pop confessional that happens to be Adele's most surefooted album thus far, we get a curated glimpse of familial intimacy.
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