Happy Valentine’s Day y’all.

Here’s a tune to put you in the mood, one of my favorite Al Green joints.  I love the vibe on this record, it has such an intimate feel.  They got the particular texture by turning up the levels on all the instruments, including the vocals, and everyone played…softly.

Speaking of Al Green, here’s a terrific cover of “Love and Happiness” by Monty Alexander (this one is for all the heads out there, name those samples):

And this isn’t so much a love song, but I love coolin’ out to it all the same, from Joe Henderson’s “Page One” lp:

Finally, here’s a make-out standard: