Open Arms to Open Us

• A1: Sometimes I Forget How Summer Looks On You
• A2: Hood Rich Happy
• A3: Bang Melodically Bang
• A4: Aunt Lola And The Quail
• A5: Mestre Candeia's Denim Hat
• A6: Oh Great Be the Lake
• A7: I Be Loving Me Some Of You
• A8: Nyuzura
• B9: Slightly Before The Dawn
• B10: Lean Back. Try Igbo
• B11: Dress Me In New Love
• B12: Touch. Don't Scroll
• B13: I Once Carried A Blossom
• B14: In Tongues And In Droves
• B15: S'Phisticated Lady
• B16: We Gon Win

Genres: Jazz
Styles: Contemporary Jazz

Indie exclusive Dawn Cherry color vinyl.

Comes with insert.

Other Credits:
Ben LaMar Gay - things
Tommaso Moretti - thangs
Angela, Leia, Mina - a mother raises her daughters up to the mic (ooh Ahh AHH Ooh), voices
Johanna Brock - light
Tomeka Reid - luz
Rob Frye - ears, tings and tungs
Ayanna Woods - light, ¡FreshNuss!
Adam Zanolini - swang
Xoco, Hannah, Francesca, Angela, Adam, Benjamin - Love Choir
Rain - pouring
Gira Dahnee - Florida version
Angel Bat Dawid - Louisville recollections
Leia, Angela, Xoco, Alyssa, Mina, Benjamin - facts

All songs composed by Ben LaMar Gay; except “Nyuzura” composed by Dorothée Munyaneza & Ben LaMar Gay, and "I Once Carried A Blossom" composed by A.Martinez & Ben LaMar Gay.

Recorded March - June 2021 at International Anthem Studios, Chicago.