Jesse Boykins III brought ‘schwaza’ to the Five Spot
In my mind we were having a moment while he gazed with intensity into the crowd
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- Jesse Boykins III
He stepped onto the stage, the room was silent. But when he opened the show with a rendition of Andre 3000’s “Prototype,” he sent the room into a frenzy. “Schwaza!” shouted an impassioned Jesse Boykins III, following a soothing wind of words and melodies. In the Boykins lexicon “schwaza” is an amazing occurrence that leaves you with a lack of words to express the gravity of the moment.”
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On October 24 the super soulful singer played live at the Five Spot, two years after his last visit, and he set the room on fire while performing such enchanting songs such as “Amorous” from The Beauty Created LP, and “Before the Night is Through” from his Love Apparatus. He turned up the mood by performing such crowd favorites as “Back Home (Mermaids & Dragons)” from his previous album Way of a Wayfarer and “the Perfect Blues” from his upcoming full-length collabo with producer/MC Melo X (due out Tuesday, October 30.)