Originally recorded and released as part of the Blue Note Reimagined project, which saw the current crop of young UK jazz artists re-working some of the labels earlier hits alongside jazz favourites from elsewhere, Smith's gloriously expansive and soaring version of St Germain's 'Rose Rouge' gathered a new significance after the death of George Floyd in the US at the end of May. In early July Smith unveiled a video to accompany the track in which she collaged footage of #BlackLivesMatter protests across the UK and US alongside historic footage of civil rights marches in the 1960s. She also announced that she would be donating all proceeds from sales of the track to Kwanda.
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