2016 studio album by Terrace Martin
Velvet Portraits is a studio album by American musician
Terrace Martin . It was released on April 1, 2016 through Sounds Of Crenshaw/
Ropeadope Records . Recording sessions took place at Organic Grease Studios, Ameraycan Studios, Village Studios and Red Bull Studios in
Los Angeles , Make Believe Studios in
Omaha and Affinia Hotel in
New York . Production was handled by Martin himself, with co-producers
Robert Searight and
DJ Pooh .
It features
guest appearances from
Robert Glasper , Candy West,
Kamasi Washington ,
Keyon Harrold ,
Lalah Hathaway , Marlon Williams,
Ronald Bruner Jr. , Rose Gold,
The Emotions ,
Thundercat ,
Tiffany Gouché , Tone Trezure, Uncle Chucc and
Wayne Vaughn , as well as contributions from Brandon "Eugene" Owens, Kenneth Crouch, Adam Turchin,
Craig Brockman , Allakoi Peete, Chris Cadenhead, Preston Harris,
Perri , Mitch Towne,
Josef Leimberg , Wanda Vaughn, Wow Jones, and Martin's father and acclaimed jazz drummer Ernest "Curly" Martin.
In the United States, the album peaked at number 2 on the
Jazz Albums , number 19 on the
Heatseekers Albums and topped the Contemporary Jazz Albums charts. At the
59th Annual Grammy Awards , it was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album , but lost to Lalah Hathaway's
Lalah Hathaway Live .
The album was developed during the production of
Kendrick Lamar 's critically acclaimed album
To Pimp a Butterfly , to which Martin was a major contributor. The closing track, "Mortal Man", is an elaboration of musical elements from Butterfly ' s closing track of the same name.
Track listing
Title 1. "Velvet Portraits" 1:34 2. "Valdez Off Crenshaw" 4:32 3. "Push" (featuring Tone Trezure) 4:36 4. "With You" 4:09 5. "Curly Martin" (featuring
Robert Glasper ,
Thundercat and
Ronald Bruner Jr. ) 7:21 6. "Never Enough" (featuring
Tiffany Gouché ) 5:33 7. "Turkey Taco" (featuring Wyann Vaughn and
Wayne Vaughn ) 4:02 8. "Patiently Waiting" (featuring Uncle Chucc and
The Emotions ) 7:01 9. "Tribe Called West" (featuring
Keyon Harrold ) 2:34 10. "Oakland" (featuring
Lalah Hathaway ) 4:23 11. "Bromali" (featuring Marlon Williams) 3:38 12. "Think of You" (featuring
Kamasi Washington and Rose Gold) 5:48 13. "Reverse" (featuring Robert Glasper and Candy West) 3:07 14. "Mortal Man" 11:46 Total length: 1:10:04
Personnel
Terrace Martin – main artist,
alto saxophone (tracks: 2-10, 12, 14) ,
percussion (tracks: 2, 3, 11, 12) ,
synthesizer (tracks: 2, 9-11, 14) ,
electric piano (tracks: 3, 10, 14) ,
vocoder (tracks: 4, 5, 7) ,
keyboards (tracks: 6, 9) ,
whistle (track 9) ,
producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7-12, 14) , recording (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14) ,
arranger (track 10) ,
executive producer
Preston Harris – vocals (track 1)
Craig Brockman –
piano (track 1) , electric piano (track 8) ,
organ (tracks: 8, 14)
Kenneth Crouch – keyboards (track 1) , organ (track 11) , additional keyboards (track 13) , grand piano (track 14)
Robert "Sput" Searight – electric piano (tracks: 2, 3, 10, 11, 14) , synthesizer & co-producer (track 2) ,
clavinet & additional percussion (track 3) , keyboards (track 6)
Marlon Williams – featured artist (track 11) ,
guitar (tracks: 2-12, 14)
Brandon "Eugene" Owens –
bass (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 12) , electric bass (track 11)
Latonya "Tone Trezure" Givens – featured artist (track 3)
Perri –
backing vocals (track 3)
Mitch Towne – organ (track 3)
Ernest "Curly" Martin –
drums (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14) , percussion (track 10)
Adam Turchin –
tenor saxophone (track 3) ,
baritone saxophone (tracks: 5, 8)
Josef Leimberg –
trumpet (track 3)
Robert Glasper – featured artist (tracks: 5, 13) , electric piano (track 5) , piano (track 13)
Stephen "
Thundercat " Bruner – featured artist & bass (track 5)
Ronald Bruner Jr. – featured artist & drums (track 5)
Allakoi Peete – percussion (tracks: 5, 14)
Tiffany Gouché – featured artist (track 6)
Wayne Vaughn – featured artist (track 7)
Wyann Vaughn – featured artist (track 7)
Wanda Vaughn – backing vocals (track 7)
Charles "Uncle Chucc" Hamilton – featured artist (track 8)
The Emotions – featured artist (track 8)
Chris Cadenhead – electric piano (tracks: 8, 12)
Keyon Harrold – featured artist & trumpet (track 9)
Kamasi Washington – featured artist (track 12) , tenor saxophone (tracks: 9, 12) , strings arranger (track 14)
Eulaulah Donyll "
Lalah " Hathaway – featured artist (track 10)
Rebekah "Rose Gold" Muhammad – featured artist (track 12)
Candy West – featured artist (track 13)
Wow Jones – synthesizer (track 14)
Mark "
DJ Pooh " Jordan – co-producer (track 7)
Jeremy Deaton – recording (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 11, 14)
Rick Carson – recording (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 11, 14)
Joey Galvan – recording (track 3)
Louis Marks – executive producer
Samantha J – art direction, photography
Sean Nana – photography
Charts
References
^ Kellman, Andy.
"Velvet Portraits - Terrace Martin | Album | AllMusic" .
AllMusic . Retrieved April 2, 2024 .
^ Fairfax, Jesse (April 10, 2016).
"Terrace Martin - Velvet Portraits" .
HipHopDX . Retrieved April 2, 2024 .
^ Moore, Marcus J. (April 8, 2016).
"Terrace Martin: Velvet Portraits" .
Pitchfork . Retrieved April 2, 2024 .
^ Elone, Emmanuel (April 26, 2016).
"Terrace Martin: Velvet Portraits, PopMatters" .
PopMatters . Retrieved April 2, 2024 .
^
Hull, Tom .
"Tom Hull: Grade List: Terrace Martin" . tomhull.com . Retrieved April 18, 2024 .
^
"Terrace Martin Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved April 2, 2024.
^
"Terrace Martin Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved April 2, 2024.
^
"Terrace Martin Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved April 2, 2024.
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