MHem [2024] - Little Sunflower [Pax Stereo]

An artist we've followed since his debut(?) album, "Friends With Benefits" in Sep last year is MHem (Mario Hemsely MD). We're pleased to see that his latest album of covers,"One Night Stand", has been gaining attention, especially for the vocal version of Kool & The Gang's "Summer Madness".

He has a new single out, a track not on the album, which is another cover. This time of jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's "Little Sunflower" originally written by Hubbard as an instrumental and released on his 1967 "Backlash" album. It was re-recorded in 1979 with Al Jarreau adding lyrics and vocals which this new version is based on. It was released as a single from Hubbard's "The Love Connection" album in 1979.

As with the last two albums the vocalist is once again Derran Day. The song is a whopping 12:34, over 3 minutes longer than Hubbard's 1979 album version, so unlikely to get radio exposure without being significantly truncated.

Most definitely one for the 'chin strokers'!

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Jazz
Format:	Single / Cover Version
Media:	Digital
Label:	Pax Stereo
Cat No:	None
Date:	24/05/2024
Key/BPM:	8A/1258A/125
Price:	£1

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Bryony Jarman-Pinto [2024] - Moving Forward [Tru Thoughts #TRUDD579]

The first new music from Lancaster based (London born) Bryony Jarman-Pinto since her 2019 debut album "Cage & Aviary" (which subsequently spawned several singles) is the jazz-infused single "Moving Forward " let loose by Brighton's Tru Thoughts label on 11 Jan.

Produced by label mate Nostalgia 77 (aka Ben Lambin), it's packaged with a radio edit and instrumental. There's some great jazz trumpet blowing by an uncredited musician.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul / Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Tru Thoughts
Cat No:	TRUDD579
Date:	11/01/2024
Key/BPM:	5A/108
Price:	£1

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Dara Tucker [2023] - Nature Boy [Green Hill Productions]

A jazz standard "Nature Boy", originally recorded by the great Nat King Cole in 1948, is the vehicle for the velvet tones of Dara Tucker as her new single which follows her album "Dara Starr Tucker". released in June. Apparently, she has released the song as her Christmas single.

The song was written by Eden Ahbez who was sued by Herman Yablokoff who claimed that the first two melody lines were similar to a chorus of a song he published in 1935 called "Shvayg Mayn Harts"  ("Be Still My Heart"). They settled out of court.

Many of us may perhaps know the song best via George Benson's more uptempo 1977 version. The song has been covered literally hundreds of times including by Cole's daughter, Natalie, in 1990 and Central Line had their biggest UK pop chart hit with it reaching #21 in 1983 which resulted in an appearance on BBC's Top Of The Pops.

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Rating:	8.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Green Hill Productions
Cat No:	None
Date:	13/10/2023
Key/BPM:	3A/68
Price:	£1

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Greg Spero & Lindsey Webster feat. Davonte 'Deuce' Harris & Ledaris 'LJ' Jones [2023] - Oahoo [Tiny Records]

One for the jazz heads is a classy new single from Greg Spero & Lindsey Webster which also features Davonte 'Deuce' Harris & Ledaris 'LJ' Jones. Lindsey scats (if that's the correct expression) more than sings on the song "Oahoo" as she sings no words.

L.A. based, Chicago native, pianist/keyboardist, producer, arranger, composer, bandleader, Spero set up Tiny Records (A Ropeadope imprint) during the pandemic.

Ledaris 'LJ' Jones is a guitarist  straight outta Compton, CA, and was a touring member of The Weeknd.

Davonte 'Deuce' Harris is a drummer from Detroit now resident L.A.

We did a Lindsey Webster Profile in Jan for her 35th birthday if you wish to learn more about her.

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Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Tiny Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/09/2023
Key/BPM:	3B/64
Price:	£1

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T.Check feat. Jaai. [2023] - on fire for you [Oiyo Records]

Producer T.Check (Timur Saed-Shakh) and vocalist Jaai. (Jessica Alberto pronounced 'j-eye') from Charlotte, NC, join forces on a new single "on fire for you".

Jaai. released her debut single, a Christmas single, on 1 Dec '22 and has now released four singles in total.

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Details

Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul / Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Oiyo Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/09/2023
Key/BPM:	12A/60
Price:	£1

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