I just learned April is officially Jazz Appreciation Month. And today, April 30, marks International Jazz Day.

Which made me pause for a second, because jazz has never really been something I revisit once a year. It’s always been in rotation for me. Especially while I’m working. There’s something about it that settles the room in a way nothing else really does.

There was a point in time when you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing Views.

Car rides. Day parties. Kickbacks and clubs. Windows down on the highway at night. It didn’t matter where you were. Drake was there.