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TechnoTV - Metamorphosis
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List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $9.31
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Manufacturer: Shanachie
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0016351516725
Label: Shanachie
Manufacturer: Shanachie
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Shanachie
Release Date: 2008-10-14
Studio: Shanachie
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Love the Voice!
Comment: Outstanding! I encountered Maysa's work while listening to "The Michael Baisden Show" two years ago, and I haven't looked back. She is an exceptional artist, and she is here for the long haul.
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Summary: Feel the Maysa
Comment: Hearing Maysa sing a cut from her "Feel the Fire" CD got my attention, but it would be hard to exceed the flow of feeling pouring out of her latest CD "Metamorphosis". Mostly her own compositions, this set springs pure from her heart, touchingly expressed by her passionate voice and sensuous style. She makes you feel it; the love, joy,gratitude, surrender, the strength to move on and the freedom to be.
It all comes together on a gifted artistic level; A seamless blending of background vocals, deft licks from the flute, jazzy rifts on the guitar and spicy conga rhythms. It's music that's smooth, pleasant to the ears and at the same time magically inspires the mind, nourishes the soul and sends the spirits soaring.
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Summary: Voice of an Angel
Comment: Very relaxing cd. Maysa has great voice, strong and clear. I want to buy all her cds.
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Summary: Infectiously cool end enjoyable. Her best in quite a long time.
Comment: "Metamorphosis" is the seventh solo CD from singing sensation Maysa Leak.
As the title explains, she intends to mark a change in her discography.
After her previous "Sweet Classic Soul" and "Feeel the Fire" which were not received too enthusiastically, this time Maysa presents a more polished performance on a selection of Soul tunes that has a warm and breezy vibe throughout.
"I just had to get my expression out," says the singer-songwriter, who is 42.
Maysa is perhaps best-known as the featured vocalist for "Incognito", the London-based urban-fusion collective spearheaded by the great Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick.
Speaking about her new project, she says "I enjoyed doing the covers, but I didn't want to do any more. I had some things I wanted to say in my own music".
Although "Metamorphosis" was born out of a painful breakup, none of the 12 songs carries a trace of bitterness and anger.
"I've learned enough from the relationships that I've had to be able to put that feeling into my music. I like to think that people will listen and relate to them, feeling safe and understood because of the way I put them over. Music can be so healing', she says.
The album, perhaps Maysa's most cohesive set, feels hopeful and optimistic.
Variously produced by Rex Rideout, Chris "Big Dog" Davis and the Jason Miles - DJ Logic pairing of Global Noize Maysa's latest offering offers twelve sumptuous tracks that ooze sophistication and which feature notable contributions from some of the leading contemporary jazz session players around today.
Other special guest artists, Najee, Nick Colionne along with hit making newcomer/producer Ronnie Garrett join in to make this CD infectiously cool end enjoyable.
The album is stuffed full of songs that have a jazz as well as that Nu Soul bend to them.
She sings with sheer emotion about true love and all the feelings that go along with it. Her timbre has a smart sensuality to it, and the instrumentation brings each song to a capstone either musically or lyrically.
Best Tracks : "Simpatico", "I need A Men" and "Walk Away".
Sweet Classic Soul
Feel the Fire
Smooth Sailing
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Summary: A Must Have for Mp3 player
Comment: Maysa really shines through on Metamorphosis. Overall it's a feel good grown music. Please don't sleep on Maysa. She definitely brings her unique scatting, harmonies, and all that on this cd. Well worth the money and then some.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Maysa's 2008 Shanachie Records release, Metamorphosis, is a 12 song tour de force of Maysa originals! As one of the most unique soul/jazz vocalists of the past fifteen years, she has been the featured lead vocalist of the groove/dance ensemble Incognito and Stevie Wonder's Wonderlove. Special guest artists, Najee and Nick Colionne along with hit making producers Rex Rideout (Ledisi, Will Downing, Angie Stone), Ronnie Garrett (Toni Braxton, Aaliyah, Patti LaBelle) and Chris 'Big Dog' Davis (Kim Waters, Phil Perry, George Clinton), combine to make Maysa's vision a reality. Highlights include the Brazilian-tinge 'Simpatico, Maysa's provocative 'I Need A Man' and 'Walk Away'.
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