Hey, I'm Nora Jones, and today I'm playing along with Brian Blade.

I'm just playing along with you.

I'm just playing along with you.

Hey, I'm Nora Jones, and with me as always, Sarah Oda.

Hello, hello.

Today on the show is drummer and songwriter and singer and guitar player, Brian Blade.

Our guest is a soulful ray of sunshine.

Yes, he is. He's someone we know well, as I've toured with him for many years.

I've actually known him since I moved to New York in 1999.

He played on my first few records.

And then we didn't play for a long time.

And then the last few years, we've toured together a lot.

So we feel very close to

him we love him very very much he happens to be one of the best drummers on the planet in the world

yeah i'm pretty sure yeah and you know what i love about this episode is he's played with everybody

from wayne shorter to joney mitchell yeah and chikria but in this episode is he's played with everybody from Wayne Shorter to Joni Mitchell

and Chickria. But in this episode, we get to hear him do his own stuff, singing, playing

guitar. And like, I feel like it's just the essence of Brian. It's so cool. It's so good.

He has a band called the Brian Blade Fellowship where he does play drums and he composes

music and that's an amazing band.

He also has a band called Mama Rosa, which is what we're doing today.

We're doing three songs from that band where he plays guitar and sings.

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