Michael Leonhart & Jswiss feat. Keyon Harrold & DJ Logic [2023] - The Chase (Strings Attached) [Self Released]

As in the words of Monty Python ... 'and now for something completely different'. Hip-Hop Jazz with a hint of classical anyone? 

"The Chase (Strings Attached)" featuring Keyon Harrold & DJ Logic is a new reworking from the collaborative minds of accomplished MC JSWISS and Grammy Award-winning producer and trumpeter Michael Leonhart.

They originally released the song as a single in Sep '21 and it featured on their debut album together, "Bona Fide" in Nov '22.

The song has been reimagined with the assistance of an all-star Brooklyn-based string quartet (Mazz Swift, Dana Lyn, Jessica Troy, Marika Hughes) and is anchored by Leonhart's piano-driven dynamic production and JSWISS's wordplay and vocal flow, with heavy beats combining old school boom bap with modern hip hop production. Keyon Harold provides seductive horn lines and DJ Logic adds more complexities to the production.

Having sparked creative chemistry during a monthly residency at NYC venue Jazz Standard,  JSWISS and Michael Leonhart released a string of singles together and their first full project as a duo, "The Alchemy EP", in Jan '21.

Trumpeter, composer, producer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Leonhart is no stranger to crossing genre lines, having played on the Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars Grammy award winning hit "Uptown Funk and collaborations with diverse artists ranging from Meryl Streep through Steely Dan (who he's played with since 1996), David Byrne (Talking Heads), Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings to Questlove, Wu-Tang Clan and Q-Tip to name just a small sample (check out his website bio for more). He is the youngest ever recipient of a Grammy award in 1992 aged just 17.

JSWISS operates seamlessly at the intersection between hip hop and jazz.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Jazz / Hip-Hop
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	21/07/2023
Key/BPM:	11A/90
Price:	£1

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Goapele [2023] - Time Heals [Skyblaze Recordings]

Goapele Mohlabane (pronounced gwa-puh-LAY) meaning 'to move forward' in South African dialect Sitswana is from Oakland, CA, of South African/German-Jewish descent. She attended Berklee College of Music and self-released her first album in 2001. 

Her next, and further three albums, were released on her own label Skyblaze Recordings set up with her brother Namabe. Columbia Records picked up on her third album, "Change It All" (2005) and reissued an expanded edition of her second "Even Closer" (2002).

It seems to have been five years since she last released any material with the album "Dreamseeker",  and two singles from it, in May 2017.

She makes a return on her 45th birthday (11 Jul) with a single "Time Heals" which features a host of artists: Errol Cooney, Michael Aaberg, Derrick Hodge, Chris Dave & Keyon Harrold. The single, as you would expect with so many guest artists, is exquisitely produced and exudes class.

We are told that the single is from her forthcoming 6th album "COLORS" which is due later this summer and was written and recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	11/07/2023
Key/BPM:	2A/75
Price:	£1

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