Multifaceted artist Evan Haywood has just debuted "Professional Love," and while the album’s release date was April 1, with its first track titled “April Fools,” the talent displayed on the project is no joke. The eight-track LP fuses funk, soul, and jazz, embodying a nostalgic era of creativity and camaraderie among Detroit musicians.⁠ ⁠ Professional Love was mostly recorded in 2013 in Haywood’s first studio “The Lands,” located in the basement of a large Ann Arbor home nicknamed “Le Dog House.” The spot served as an incubator of creativity for young musicians, merging Ann Arbor’s experimental music scene with Detroit jazz and funk. Much of the talent that spent time in the space and is featured on the album has grown to be some of the city’s hottest contemporary jazz musicians including Marcus Elliot, Michael Malis, Ahya Simone, Ian Finkelstein, Josef Deas, and Ingrid Racine, among others.⁠ ⁠ Over a decade later, these artists have continued to grow together and separately in their m...