Soul Strutter: 07/01/22

Friday, 1 July 2022

Remembering Luther Vandross (20-04-1951 - 01-07-2015)

Today is the 17th anniversary of the demise of the great Luther Vandross aged 54. He would have been 71 this year on 20th Apr 2021.

Here's a couple of 90 min mixes of his best music recorded a few years ago, one is a Mellow Mix of his slow jams, the other is a Dance Mix of mainly his non-hit sides. The original post has the full tracklist.

Mellow Mix

Dance Mix

Toy Taha [2022] - EIGHT [Face Music Entertainment] (Full EP)

Toy (LaToya) Taha from Philadelphia, PA, released "Suite EFX" as the lead single from her , then forthcoming, debut EP "EIGHT" on 22 Apr 2022. The EP is out today and includes her last single "X" released two weeks ago (17 Jun), however the EP version appears to be an explicit version whilst the single was a clean radio edit. The remaining six tracks are all new songs.

Of the new songs, the choice cuts for me are "Loving On Me" followed by "Collapsed" and "Space x Time" but it's a pretty solid EP.

Her Spotify profile states that it's a debut EP, however she has an album "I Am Woman" and a three track 'release' with the same title on Bandcamp from Sep 2013, so she's not a newcomer.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	Y Track 5
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	Face Music Entertainment
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/07/2022
Price:	£7.49

Tortured Soul [2022] - Your Body Doesn't Lie [Tstc Music]

Tortured Soul is a Brooklyn trio led by John-Christian Urich, who was with Cooly's Hot Box, and includes Jordan Scannella (bass) Isamu MacGregor (keyboards).

They have recently celebrated their 20th anniversary and have a new single out today with five mixes of "Your Body Doesn't Lie".

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soulful Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Tstc Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/07/2022 (gt)
Key/BPM:	4A/123
Price:	£1.79

Tammy Harris [2022] - Love Finds A Way [Self Released]

Tammy Harris is a singer, writer and producer from Chicago who released an album of covers of Chicago legends called 'Chicology' in Oct 2020 pays tribute to many Chicago greats.

Her earlier releases include "Can't Keep A Good Woman Down" (2003), "Natural Vibe" (2007) "Love" (2019). She released a four track EP "Love Don't Mean A Thing" in Dec 2020 which no longer seems to be available.

She has a new single, "Love Finds A Way", out today available (so far) only on Bandcamp.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/07/2022 (rw)
Key/BPM:	3A/100
Price:	$1

Jerry Bell [2022] - Keep It Real [Bungalo Records]

Jerry Bell is the younger brother of Archie Bell, first cousin to Thom Bell, 2nd cousin to Robert 'Kool' Bell (Kool & The Gang) and 3rd cousin to Stax founder Al Bell! He went on to become a member of the Dazz Band.

He has released a new single "Keep It Real" today (1 Jul 2022) co-written with Dazz Band member Michael J. Calhoun and a few others.

Bell toured with Jimmy 'Bo' Horne in the Miami Ocean Liners (who would later become K.C. & The Sunshine Band) and then worked with McFadden & Whitehead before relocating to California where he worked with Marvin Gaye and then became a member of The Niteliters/The New Birth between 1976-79. In 1980 he released a solo album "Winter Love Affair" before joining Dazz Band in either 1984 or 1986 (as there are conflicting accounts) but his first album appearance was on "Wild And Free" in 1986.

In his illustrious career, Jerry has performed with Marvin Gaye, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, The Delfonics, The Spinners, The Jacksons, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, LTD, Joe Sample, McFadden & Whitehead, Al Jarreau, The Gap Band (Raymond Calhoun was also a member of Dazz Band), EWF, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Parliament/Funkadelic, The O'Jays and Blue Magic.

Whilst poking around looking for information on him I came across a video of his cover of Rose Royce's classic "Wishing On A Star" posted in August 2018, but I can find no trace of it on Discogs or any of the DSP's. However, there are several tracks on his Soundcloud channel which all have the same cover design with the title 'Wishing On A Star', so perhaps it was an album that was either not fully released or self released and no longer available? There are 13 tracks and at first glance they all look like cover versions, including a superb version of The Friends of Distinction's classic "Going In Circles", which I have also managed to find a video for.

In 2014 he and Michael Calhoun, and a few others, applied to trade mark the Dazz Band name.

As an incidental, Jerry was apparently also a world karate champion.

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Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Bungalo Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/07/2022
Key/BPM:	8A/84
Price:	£1