{"id":8683,"date":"2013-06-02T07:59:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T11:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.motionfm.com\/?p=8683"},"modified":"2013-06-02T07:06:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T11:06:14","slug":"maysa-blue-velvet-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/releases\/maysa-blue-velvet-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Maysa &#8211; Blue Velvet Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pHEQNqXwxQk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Electrifying&#8230;peerless&#8221; &#8211; The Washington Post<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Smooth as satin and as rich as chocolate, it&#8217;s pure, perfect&#8230;unique&#8221; &#8211; Blues &#038; Soul<\/p>\n<p>Maysa holds unique status in the world of R&#038;B\/Jazz. Her incomparably lush, sensuous vocals have garnered her legions of loyal, loving fans. As featured vocalist of the UK super group Incognito, core member of Stevie Wonder&#8217;s Wonderlove and, of course, through her own albums and concerts, Maysa has been thrilling R&#038;B and Jazz audiences for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Velvet Soul is far and away the most sensuous and heartfelt recording of her brilliant career. Maysa thrills us with a stirring rendition of the Mariah Carey classic &#8220;I Still Believe&#8221; and her version of &#8220;Quiet Fire&#8221; a loving tribute to her mentor and role model Nancy Wilson that will leave you breathless!<\/p>\n<p>A special highlight is the guest vocal appearance and soulful production by Jean Paul &#8220;Bluey&#8221; Bluey Maunick , the creator of Incognito, who contribute 3<br \/>\noriginals to this. R&#038;B super producer Mike City (Rihanna, Jamie Foxx, Ledisi) contributes several brilliant originals to the mix, and Chris &#8220;Big Dog&#8221; Davis (Kim Burrell, Will Downing, George Clinton), Maysa&#8217;s longtime collaborator and inspiration, round out the inspired supporting cast.<\/p>\n<p>Audio CD (June 18, 2013)<br \/>\nOriginal Release Date: 2013<br \/>\nNumber of Discs: 1<br \/>\nLabel: Shanachie<br \/>\nASIN: B00BZW5W3W<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Audio CD (June 18, 2013) Original Release Date: 2013 Number of Discs: 1 Label: Shanachie ASIN: B00BZW5W3W\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><strong>BUY from Amazon<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Electrifying&#8230;peerless&#8221; &#8211; The Washington Post &#8220;Smooth as satin and as rich as chocolate, it&#8217;s pure, perfect&#8230;unique&#8221; &#8211; Blues &#038; Soul Maysa &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[509,508,38,224,70,510,99,158,222],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8683"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9428,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8683\/revisions\/9428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}