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Adams, Mark – This is Neo-Soul – New LP
Adams, Mark – This is Neo-Soul – New LP
NUBLU Records

Adams, Mark – This is Neo-Soul – New LP

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Spring/Summer 2026! DownJazz Records announces This Is Neo-Soul, the new album from keyboardist, composer, and longtime Roy Ayers musical director Mark Adams. Featuring 15 veterans from the Roy Ayers, Chic, Lonnie Liston Smith, Luther Vandross, Gloria Gaynor, Gil Scott-Heron, and Chaka Khan circles, the ten-track album pushes Adams’ rare-groove language into a modern frame shaped by gospel harmony, jazz-fusion drive, dance-floor energy, and electronic texture. With standout performances from Kimberly Davis, Monte Croft, Steve Kroon, Dave Mullins, Kenyatta Beasley, the record reimagines Ayers staples (“Don’t Stop,” “Vibrations,” “Sweet Tears”), introduces new material, and highlights Adams’ role as a true heir to the neo-soul lineage.


released March 20, 2026

10 Tracks are featured including tribute versions of “Sweet Tears” & ʻVibrationsʼ along with a remake of “Expansions”, an oh-so timely classic by ʻLonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes”. Many new funk fueled compositions perfectly align with the aforementioned iconic songs, resulting in an expertly crafted album that is brimming with stylish riffs, rolling bass, big brass stabs & an abundance of musical flair.
Joining Adams on this exciting project are master musicians: Chris DeCarmine (drummer for Ubiquity), Kimberly Davis, vocals, ( Chic, Nile Rodgers), Dave Mullins, Sax ( Nile Rodgers, Roy Ayers, Gloria Gaynor, Gill Scott Heron), John Pressley, vocals ( Roy Ayers), Bill White, guitar, ( Chaka Khan, Lonnie Liston Smith, Brian Jackson, Hall & Oats), Kenyatta Beasley, trumpet, ( Shakira, Wynton Marsalis, Mary J Blige), Monte Croft, vibes ( Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, Valerie Simpson). Steve Kroon, percussion, ( Luther Vandross, Roberta Flack), Jonathan Quash, vocals ( Mark Adams), Miya Bass, (Broadway), Roy Bennett, bass, ( Bernard Perdie, Teddy Pendergrass), Donald Nicks, bass, ( Roy Ayers, Tom Browne, Bobbi Humphrey), John Smith, guitar, ( William Patterson, Bebe & CeCe Winans), Emanual Gatewood, bass ( Moss Def, Diana Reeves).


 

 

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