Music to Ease Your Mind
Jazz, acoustic and new-age songs that do just what the title says. Put it on to read, think or wind down.
That Brother Ali
Music to ease your mind.
Jazz, acoustic and new-age pieces written by Shareef Ali Rashada over twenty years. Free to stream wherever you listen.
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The full albums, right here. The player opens in Spotify for full tracks once you sign in; without an account it plays previews.
Anthology Vol. 1 on YouTube
All 23 tracks of Music, Songs and Experimental Grooves, from jazz to reggae, playing one after another.
The albums
Released through CD Baby on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.
Anthology Vol. 1: Music, Songs and Experimental Grooves
A collection of favourite compositions from the last twenty years, from songs to experimental grooves.
Where the music comes from
In his early twenties, Shareef had a friend who could play a cheap little keyboard better than much of what was on the radio, without reading a note. That friend kept pushing him to try. Shareef taught himself from library books, found traditional notation hard going, and kept playing anyway.
The music came first. The same struggle later produced EasyKey, a way of writing music that shows exactly which keys to press, so anyone can learn to play.
Free to listen · licensed for profit
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