Soul Strutter: 03/19/23

Sunday, 19 March 2023

Will Sawney [2023] - Searching For Love [Self Released]

A promo track that is attracting airplay comes from London DJ/musician Will Sawney titled "Searching For Love".

It's an instrumental retro soul/jazz influenced dance tune which Will has composed, produced and plays all instruments on. There are no details as yet as too when it will be released but is on YouTube to listen to. We'll keep you posted.

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Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul / Instrumental
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	16/03/2023
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£TBC

Maysa [2023] - Music For Your Soul [Blue Velvet Soul] (Album Samples)

Baltimore's Maysa Leak has been in the music business since 1991 staring out singing in Stevie Wonder's backing group Wonderlove then joining Incognito around 1992 who she has sung with continuously off an on.

Her debut solo, eponymous, album arrived in 1995 and she is about to release her 14th solo studio album "Music For The Soul" on 31 Mar 2023.

The album contains 19 tracks, four of which have already been released as singles i.e. "Just Say", "Make Sure, You're Sure", "Whatever" and her latest "I Don't Mind".

Last week, on her facebook page, Maysa posted a link to her new album which is exclusively available to sample on Apple with two of the album tracks available to download now i.e. "Beautiful" and "Lord I Thank You" feat. Kirl Whalum.

I think the new tracks 'most likely' to get most attention are the up-tempo ones which include a remake of Phyllis Hyman's, Mtume & Lucus penned, anthem "You Know How To Love Me", "Runnin from Myself", "His Love" (feat. the ubiquitous Frank McComb) and "I Wanna Believe" along with "Beautiful" which is reminiscent of recent Hil St. Soul material whose album topped the UK soul charts for several weeks.

Included below is a 30 minute interview from Nov '22, along with a reminder of the singles released so far from the album.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	Blue Velvet Soul / Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	31/03/2023
Price:	£TBC

Sufiano [2023] - Secilian Love [Stig Malmo]

Helder Da Costa Sufiano appears to have debuted with an album "Urban Morphology" in 2006. At present only four or five singles are listed from him on digital platforms, We posted the jazzsumental "Ridin High" at the end of January. He has a new one titled "Secilian Love" listed as 1 Mar '23.

Sufiano was born in Maputo, Mozambique and is now based in Copenhagen, Denmark after moving there in his teens in 1980, although his facebook indicates that he now lives in Portugal.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Stig Malmo
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/03/2023
Key/BPM:	11B/114
Price:	£1

Confection [2023] - Delectable U (T-Groove Remix) [Six Nine Records #NP 44]

Confection are duo Juanita Tippins (vocals) and Josh Beagley (musician) from Sydney who record boogie/modern/funk/pop/soul music. They emerged in 2016 and have released two albums so far and a batch of singles /EP.

Japanese producer Yuki 'T-Groove' Takahashi gets his teeth into "Delectable U" which was originally released on their second (and last so far) CD album "Private Conversations" in 2012.

It has been released digitally on 8 Mar and both the original and remixed version will feature on a 7" single via Six Nine Records in due course.

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Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Boogie Funk
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital / 7" Vinyl
Label:	Six Nine Records
Cat No:	NP 44
Date:	08/03/2023 / TBC
Key/BPM:	3B/110 / 3A/105
Price:	£1 / TBC

Johnny Britt [2023] - After We Play [J-JAMS Records] (Full Album)

We had a taste from the new album, "After We Play" from Johnny Britt a month ago in the shape of the single "Butterflies" feat. Will Downing and the title track feat. Brit jazz guitarist Peter White was released as a single in Oct '22. The full album was released on Friday (17 Mar '23).

Will Downing is not the only guest featured on the album as it includes some big names from the jazz / soul arena including trumpeter Tom Browne, Gerald Albright, Little Anthony & George Benson among many others.

Eleven of the thirteen songs are originals written by Britt with assistance from some of the various guest artists. Two classic cover songs complete the set, a rather good jazz interpretation of Bacharach & David's "Walk On By" by Britt solo, and Weinstein & Randazzo's "Going Out Of My Head" feat. 82 yr old Jerome 'Little Anthony' Gourdine & George Benson.

The 'obvious' choice cut, from the new tracks, which has most widespread appeal, is "Summer Love" feat. Gerald Albright & Kashan, but it is a very good set across the board and an enjoyable album from start to finish.

Britt's musical journey began in Cleveland, OH, when he picked up the trumpet aged 12. He is a classically-trained Jazz trumpet player studying at the prestigious Conservatoire de Versailles in Paris and has become a Grammy nominated composer writing for, and collaborating with, many smooth jazz artists (he has written three #1 hits for Boney James).

Upon completing his studies in Paris, Johnny returned to the US and continued his studies in Chicago where he met Otis Williams who hired him as the youngest ever musical director for The Temptations which led him to be the co-music producer for the Emmy-winning miniseries "The Temptations".

He later moved to L.A. and formed Impromp2 with Sean Thomas in 1993 who were signed to Motown's MoJazz label in 1995 releasing four albums which blended hip hop, soul and jazz after which he decided to go it alone. As a solo artist he has, to date, released four albums between 2012-20, the latest being his fifth.

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Rating:	8.7
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	J-JAMS Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	17/03/2023
Price:	£7.99