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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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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Lindsey Webster [2023] - Stay With Me [Shanachie] NEW VIDEO

Uploaded to her YouTube channel just 12 hours ago, Lindsey Webster has posted a new video for "Stay With Me". The song was released back in Aug last year as the lead single from her, then forthcoming, album "Reasons" which was released a few weeks later (9 Sep '22). The video version is an edit, 3:30 versus the 4:24 'Soul Jazz Mix' single and 5:43 album versions,.

The song features Randy Brecker of The Brecker Brothers on flugel horn along with, according to the video, rapper Kev choice but I didn't detect any rap in the song?. 

Thanks to our friends across the pond at SoulTracks for highlighting the video.

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Lindsey Webster - A Profile

Lindsey Webster was born in Woodstock, NY, on 19 Jan 1988 and celebrates he 35th birthday today. She considers herself very lucky to have been born in Woodstock as her school had a progressive music program where she grew a deep love of music, learning to play the cello. She moved to NYC to attend Fiorello H. LaGuardia School for the Music, Art & Performing Arts and transitioned from strings to voice.

Lindsey started performing with pianist Keith Slattery at jazz venues and festivals all over the world in 2009. Her debut, self-titled, self-released, album was delivered in 2013 with six of the twelve songs being co-written with Slattery. Her sophomore album "You Change" followed in 2015 on Atlanta Records. Her first single from it, "Fool Me Once", reached #1 on Billboard's Smooth Jazz chart. She was the first vocalist since Sade's 2010 "Soldier of Love" to reach #1 with a vocal song in a chart that is primarily instrumentally driven. The song remained at #1 for four weeks beating Sade's record by one week. 

It's success alerted Shanachie Entertainment to her potential and all four subsequent albums have been released by the label. The latest "Reasons" in Sep 2022 features jazz A-listers such as Nathan East, Randy Brecker, Brian Culbtertson, and Nicolas Payton and is still receiving airplay.

Lindsey fuses the best elements of R&B, jazz, pop and soul and has now achieved 8 Top 10 Billboard songs (including "Fool Me Once" (#1), "Where Do You Want To Go" (#1), Back To Your Heart (#2), Open Up (#3), Next To Me (#3), & Love Inside) and two #1 songs on the Smooth Jazz chart. She was named as Billboard Smooth Jazz Artist of the year for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017 and was #10 in 2018. I'm sure her latest album "Reasons" will elevate her into this year's nominations.

Webster and Slattery began as friends, then musical partners becoming romantically involved and married but are now divorced but continue to work together harmoniously.

Lindsey visited the UK in 2022 with two sold out dates in London and another in the Midlands.

Even from only six albums it was quite challenging trying to limit the playlist below to just 30 songs, such is the consistent quality of her music. Also included are two collaborations with Lin Rountree and Khari Cabral (not included on her own albums). Perhaps some of your own favourites may have been omitted, but all her albums are available to listen to on Spotify, links on album titles below.

Album Discography

2013 - Lindsey Webster

2015 - You Change

2016 - Back to Your Heart

2018 - Love Inside

2020 - A Woman Like Me

2022 - Reasons

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Lindsey Webster [2022] - I'm OK (Radio Edit) [Shanchie]

Taken from Lindsey Webster's recent album "Reasons" is a Radio Edit of one of the most played tracks "I'm OK". It shortens the 6:06 album cut down to a more radio friendly 4:42 for a her next single release. No release date has been provided but would guess that it may be out this Friday?

Lindsey has just completed two sold out London dates as well as another at  The Maude, Leek.

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Details

Rating:	8.7
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Shanachie
Cat No:	None
Date:	02/12/2022?
Key/BPM:	3B/90
Price:	£1

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Lindsey Webster [2022] - Reasons [Shanchie #CD5499] (Full Album)

Having released two singles from it already this year ("I Didn't Mean It" (14 Jan) and "Stay With Me" (19 Aug), the new album, "Reasons", from the undisputed queen on smooth/contemporary jazz, Lindsey Webster, is out today (9 Sep 2022).

The album features special guests Brian Culbertson (trombone) and Randy Brecker (flugelhorn), who appear on the first and second singles respectively, along with bassist Nathan East and trumpeter  Nicholas Peyton.

Apart from the previous two singles already released, the track that seems to be getting most plaudits already is "I'm OK".

You may have already seen the banner for Lindsey's' forthcoming performance at The Maude, Leek, Nr Stoke on 19th Nov 2022, (Tickets HERE  £15 + £1.50 booking fee). 

She also has another two dates lined up at The Pheasantry (Pizza Express), Chelsea, London on 17th & 18th Nov 2022. Tickets HERE (£30)

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Details

Rating:	8.7
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital / CD
Label:	Shanachie
Cat No:	CD 5499
Date:	09/09/2022
Price:	£7.99 / £11.99

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