Save Your Love For Me

He’s back to grace my blog yet again, this time with a classy remake of a classic song. The man I speak of is the incomparable Jose James and the song is his refashioning of “Save Your Love For Me”. The first time I blogged about Jose was for his song “Desire” and how it invoked the setting of a smoky little hole in the wall out of the way jazz joint. This song however invokes images of a man walking through Central Park in the middle of fall, crimson scarf billowing in the wind and him lost in his thoughts. Thoughts of an amazing woman that has him wrapped around her finger and there’s nothing he can do about it and quite frankly he wouldn’t have it any other way.

The song starts off with a crisp beat that gets you rocking and the piano comes in with a sweet chord, James follows closely behind with that flawless voice of his. He sings so smoothly and his voice floats above the exceptional accompaniment of nothing more than drums and piano. The stripped down sound works so well that if there was ever a song considered perfect, this one would have to be included in the argument. Off of Jose's album Blackmagic "Save Your Love for Me" is in my opinion the best song out of the twenty two tracks that make the album up, it's the stand out track amidst some great material. Should you purchase Blackmagic you will not be disappointed at all.

It was hard for me to stop listening to this cut when I first heard it and I'm sure you'll put it on repeat a few times yourself. Enjoy!