Randy Crawford

[Orang Utan]

Ain't she great? I don't know if she's under appreciated but it seems that way. Just an incredible voice. I think she gets pigeonholed with a lot of horrible syrupy 80s overproduced soul music - some of which is seen as its own genre - Quiet Storm. But it would be wrong to put her in that box. Check out her work with The Crusaders:

 

[Supine]

Great voice. Love a bit of Crawford.

 

[Orang Utan]

This one pulls at the heartstrings

 

[Mattym]

Really don't like the fact that it has the Ibiza Chillout link to it, but have always really liked that track. Found it through Ross Allen's Abstract Funk Theory LP (from 2000). It was a great series of compilations back in the day.