Citrus Sun [2024] - Down For The Third Time [Dome]

From a forthcoming album "Anaconga" due on 14 June by Citrus Sun is the lead single, a cover of Bobby Caldwell's 1978 jazz funk gem "Down For The Third Time". It features one of our favourite UK based singers Natalie Duncan with Dominic Glover (trumpet) and Charlie Allen (guitar).

The album is conceived and produced by Incognito's Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick and pays homage to jazz and soul greats back in the day. It's Bluey's fourth album for Dome (and fifth overall as the first was on Expansion Records in 2000) with his Citrus Sun side project which shows his more instrumental-oriented side.

It opens with four covers on the bounce, Tony Momrelle and Deborah Bond feature on Maynard Ferguson's "Mister Mellow". Ms Duncan performs lead once again on Erykah Badu's "Honey" followed by "Mystic Brew" (Ronnie Foster) and "Down For The Third Time". The remaining six tracks, we believe, are all original songs.

The single comes in two sizes, the 3:58 Radio Edit and the full Monty 5:50 album version and is released tomorrow (24 May).

Very strange as this is the third time today that we've featured music by an artist recently deceased as Bobby Caldwell passed  only in March this year and a tribute was posted.

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Details

Rating:	8.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz / Cover Version
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Dome
Cat No:	None
Date:	24/05/2024
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£1

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MacKinlay feat. Lisa Oduor-Noah [2024] - Safe [Self Released]

Kenyan trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger Mackinlay Mutsembi collaborates with Kenyan singer Lisa Oduor-Noah on a classy new single "Safe".

The song features Richie Wanda (drums), Mike Onyie (Michael Onyango Awalla) (bass), Stevoh Mwanzia and Totsvi (Victor Kimetto) (keys/synth), trumpet by Mackinlay and of course vocals by Lisa Oduor-Noah.

The song title doesn't appear on the artwork as it's the first single from an upcoming album "The Love Symphony" which we are told features some of the most iconic voices of our time with a full unveiling soon. 

Lisa Oduor-Noah is a graduate of the esteemed Berkley College of Music who's been releasing her music since 2019 and dropped her self-titled debut album last July.

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Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	17/05/2024
Key/BPM:	4A/64
Price:	£1

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Zacchae'us Paul feat. COOKIE., Gregoire Maret & Milena Casado [2024] - BETTER DAYZ [Candid Records]

This year so far Zacchae'us Paul has released three singles from an upcoming sophomore album "JAZZ MONEY" due on 21 Jun on the relaunched Candid Records.

The latest, "BANANA LAFFY TAFFY", is released today which prompted us to visit the previous two "MAMA SAID" and "BETTER DAYZ". The latter, released on 24 Apr, we feel is the best of the three.

Zacchae’us Paul is a young multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from Atlanta, GA. His new album weaves together the diverse threads of jazz music, seamlessly blending different styles. It's executive produced by Terri Lyne Carrington and features guest artists like Melanie Charles, Gregorie Maret, donSMITH, Cisco Swank and Morgan Guerin.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Candid Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	24/04/2024
Key/BPM:	1A/94
Price:	£1

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Pynnacol feat. Frank McComb [2024] - Happenstance [Bliss Fly / Richtown Music]

Pynnacol is a talented songwriting and production team consisting of high school friends Rose Ann Dimalanta (keys, vocals) and Raymond McKinley (bass/production), originally from the Bay Area but now based in Europe and L.A.

They have decided to release songs completed during a 30 day Songwriting Challenge under their own name, Pynnacol, and the first one, "Happenstance", features the unmistakable vocal talents of Frank McComb.

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Details

Rating:	8.75
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Bliss Fly / Richtown Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	17/05/2024
Key/BPM:	3B/84
Price:	£1

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Resolution 88 feat. Vanessa Haynes [2024] - Love Will Come Around [Synthethesia]

UK-based Fender Rhodes driven soul/jazz/funk band Resolution 88 have a new 8 set album "Vortex" due for release on 19 Jun. They released the lead single, "Final Approach", on 12 Jan and today the second, "Love Will Come Around", which features the silky smooth vocals of  Vanessa Haynes (Incognito), the album also includes an instrumental version

The band released their self-titled debut album in 2014 and the new album will be their fourth. The current line-up consists of  Tom O'Grady (keys), Tiago Coimbra (bass), Ric Elsworth (drums) and Oli Blake (percussion) with Tom Smith guesting on sax.

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Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Synthethesia
Cat No:	None
Date:	17/05/2024
Key/BPM:	1A/88
Price:	£1

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Maiken Kroken [2024] - Waiting For The Weekend [Fun Feather Records]

Maiken Kroken began her musical journey from the age of 5 having piano lessons in Norway to TV shows in the UK. Her London gigs and performances resulted in TV appearances on ITV and BBC with girl band Miss Fitz with Gemma Sampson and Marina Berry.

They auditioned on The X Factor in 2009 and sang a jazz swing version of Britney Spears' "Toxic" and got through to the next round.

Maiken moved back to settle down in her native Norway. She  became a frequent performer in the Oslo music scene and then decided to take a break from music to become a mother.

She is now back with a debut solo single "Waiting For The Weekend" from a forthcoming debut solo EP "Ocean" due in Autumn '24. The song was co-written with Norwegian keyboardist Ivan Blomqvist and jazz singer / songwriter Natalie Sandtorv.

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Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul / Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Fun Feather Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/05/2024
Key/BPM:	7B/87
Price:	£1

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Duffmusiq feat. Jeliz [2024] - Perfect Morning [Self Released]

Toronto based (Serbian born) producer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Damir Demirovic goes by the name Duffmusiq. He's been self-releasing his soul-jazz compositions independently since 2017 with three albums and an EP to his name.

His latest single, "Perfect Morning", is a collaboration with Jeliz (Jill Zadeh) who co-wrote the song and performs lead vocals. After many years backing and featuring on others' music (such as Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Diana Ross and Sting), she has released her debut single "Good Old-Fashioned Love" (16 Apr) which is doing very well. 

The new single he describes as "a warm exercise of sunshine jazz. With George Benson-like guitar plunks and gutsy neo-soul vibes, this refreshing midtempo love song feels like a careful Saturday stroll draped in smooth jazz sultriness. It’s a delicate trip back to vintage Jill Scott and D’Angelo, exposing soulful grooves topped with Jeliz’s playful, flirtatious coos".

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	26/03/2024
Key/BPM:	11A/80
Price:	£1

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Christian de Mesones [2024] - You Only Live Twice [That 555 Lyfe] (Full Album)

Brooklyn, NYC, born Christian “Big New York” de Mesones is a seasoned bassist, composer and bandleader from DMV (the Washington, DC area). He's been playing bass for over 40 years graduating from the Bass Institute of Technology (Now the Musician’s Institute) in Hollywood, CA.

He began as a New York City cabbie and heavy metal bassist and embroiled in a word of sex and drugs and rock and roll until he decided to turn his life around relocating to Virginia and converting to jazz funk. He describes his music as 'smooth grooves and funky soul with a Latin flair'.

His debut album "They Call Me Big New York" arrived in March 2020 just as Covid lockdown came into force which somewhat limited his ability to promote the album.

A year later he released a sultry Latin-tinged cut titled "Hispanica" which a UK DJ sent to Grammy-winning keyboardist Bob James who agreed to play piano on the track. It's included on his sophomore album "You Only Live Twice" released on 12 April. On the same day the choice cut "Stay (Big New York Mix)" feat. Nes (Vanessa) Powers, the only vocal song, was released as a single.

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Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	That 55 Lyfe
Cat No:	None
Date:	12/04/2024
Price:	£7.99

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