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Okay, you guys, as promised, I've shared my thoughts about 10 love songs that are perfect for any Valentine's mix.

But I know on the other side of that coin, Valentine's could be a reminder of a love gone wrong. Love gone wrong is a tragic in any person's life.

But if anything, I can say that heartbreak and soul music, absolutely no strangers to each other and that said i would like to share

some songs that i think if you want to sulk and kind of uh you know i'm very familiar with the comfort of sadness. Sometimes feeling sad

makes us feel good, which I don't recommend because that can lead to depression. So, however,

I'm the master of curation, so I will give you 10 songs that will kind of put you in the mood to cry if you feel like you need to do so.

I'll say the number one song, probably the most mournful song that I know in jazz, is Donald Bird's song called Christo Redentor.

And oftentimes, this song gets chosen almost as a foreshadowing, like something bad's about to happen.

I recall Spike Lee using this in the Malcolm X movie. First of all, it's mostly, it's a vocal

choir, really doing the duties of the arrangements.

There's a, you know, it's a jazz song with piano, upright bass, very light brushed drums and chorus Donald Bird on the trumpet, but it's a very mournful sounding, very sad sounding.

I can't even lie to you. I can't even say that this is apropos for a funeral,

I put a playlist together for my brother, Michael Archer, DeAngelo,

and this was my opening song.

But even when I put it on, like, it brought the mood down and kind of the funeral director's like, do you have anything more celebratory?

Like, you know, I know we're sad here, but, you know, I was like, yeah, okay, I went too far.

So, but I will say that if crying is your goal,

uh, loneliness is your goal, you got to start with crystal red dentor by Donald

Bird.

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