On any given Friday, Cool Your Jets Creative releases a new Fresh Friday. a hot and tasty vinyl mixtape with a custom cover. Tracks range from jazz to soul to hip-hop and beyond, with nearly every song ripped from original pressing vinyl, where each pop from the static patina tells a story of that record’s journey.
Free Spirit
This week’s Fresh Friday looks to the stars, set adrift by the enlightening soul of The Modern Jazz Quartet, Walt Barr, Charles Stepney, Herbie Hancock, Esther Philips, Marcos Valle, Wings, and Michael Jackson.
Arrow Through Me
This week’s Fresh Friday will salve your soul, sutured by the healing sounds of Wings, Kimiko Kasai, Roy Ayers, Ronnie Foster, Bobbi Humphrey, Deodato, Sweet Talks, and David Axelrod.
Back Trak
This week’s Fresh Thursday (?) is a soulful digestif to help wash down another challenging year, ripened by the sweet and complex sounds of Erasmo Carlos, Oy Onyioha, Los Disco Duro, The Jungle Brothers, Sweet Talks, Minnie Riperton, Pretty Purdie & the Playboys, and Charles Wright.
You Are Me, I Am You
This week’s Fresh Friday offers a safe place to hole up until (if?) the chaos subsides, insulated by the protective grooves of Astrud Gilberto, Dorothy Ashby, Grant Green, Ron Carter, Oliver Nelson, Gene Russell, Bobby Timmons, and Odyssey.
Un Rayo del Sol
Slather on some SPF 72 for this week’s sunshine-filled Fresh Friday, warmed by the Latin and Brazilian soul of The Chakachas, Cal Tjader, Astrud Gilberto & Stanley Turrentine, Azymuth, Elis & Tom, Marcos Valle, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and Gilberto Gil.
Where Did the Night Go?
This week’s mix is just what the doctor ordered: a fresh Spring vaccine, restored by the inoculating soul of Gil Scott-Heron, The Jan Hammer Group, Marcos Valle, The Redd Holt Unlimited, Don Thompson, Lalomie Washburn, The New Birth, and Pete Jolly!
The Tightrope
The week’s Fresh Friday finds balance amongst chaos, steadied by the high flying soul of The Valentinos, Blue Mitchell, Cymande, Lee Morgan, The Dramatics, Larry Young, The Miracles, and Gilberto Gil!
And the Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall
Bask in the earthy glow of this week’s Fresh Friday, restored by the organic sounds of Marcos Valle, Paul Simon, Ramsey Lewis, Ronnie Foster, Betty Wright, Harry Belafonte, The Free Design, and Wings…Mother Nature!
Here Comes the Judge
As we prepare for the beginning of the end, this week's Fresh Friday turns up the heat, coerced by the funky reverb of Pigmeat Markham, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Dr. John, Charles Mingus, Arthur Verocai, Linda Lewis, Boogie Down Productions, and James & Bobby Purify!