From the Closet

Californian Daryle Chinn does a little bit of everything on his debut album: keyboards, trumpet, acoustic guitar, synth bass, and drum programming. The missing link between Stever Arrington and Dam-Funk, Chinn easily moves from smooth (“Magic Touch”) to Larry Heard-esque downtempo (“Baja Pacifica”) to New Jack swing (“Be My Love”) and back. A very tasty gem in the smooth canon.