★★★★★
Maysa | Blue Velvet Soul
Shanachie Records
Review by Peggy Oliver
In
a sea of R&B;, soul and jazz stars, urban music aficionados can
count on Maysa to present a complete package in terms of quality musical
entertainment. Since the early nineties, Maysa's resume includes nine
albums as a soloist, and her regular contributions with popular U.K.
soul/jazz group, Incognito...
- reviews.theurbanmusicscene.com
2013-06-25
★★★★★
Age can bring wisdom and time may bring closure, but that doesn't prevent heartbreak from becoming an occasional stumbling block, even for someone as gorgeous and gifted as Maysa. Last year had been a banner one for the multiple-genre-conquering singer and songwriter, thanks to her critically-acclaimed eighth CD, A Woman In Love, and the rejuvenated love affair that helped the music sound all the more vibrant and real...
- www.soultracks.com
2011-11-07
★★★★★
If a CD of covers, based on past experience, strikes you as vapid or something that doesn't exactly rank as a must-purchase for your music rotation, then do yourself the favor of getting to know A Woman In Love...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
In the last year, the world of music has rediscovered 70s soul in a big way, with classic soul cover albums of varying quality by Freddie Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Patti LaBelle and Jeffrey Osborne, among others. So, I was a little leery of hearing yet another one - Maysa's new release, Sweet Classic Soul...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Graceful best describes this new set of covers by the incomparable Maysa Leak on, Feel The Fire, her sixth solo project. The Maryland based songbird first burst on the scene over fifteen years ago with the soul/jazz band, Incognito, and has since become a venerable staple of adult contemporary radio...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
There are voices in jazz that are so distinctively seductive and powerful that "incomparable" does no real service in describing these gems. The ever-popular and magnetic Maysa fits into that category like a glove. In fact, I'm inclined to say that she practically owns it. Opera-trained and as fluid as smooth wine, this magnificent, sexy songstress never disappoints, as is evident in her latest, Metamorphosis...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
Vocalist Maysa has the kind of soulful and husky vocals that allow her to travel seamlessly between genres. She's amassed an underground-soul rep with the British funk-jazz band Incognito and built a following among smooth-jazz folk by guest-starring on projects by Rick Braun and Jonathan Butler, among others. She's also recorded original R&B; CDs and a couple of exquisite soul-oriented cover projects...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-04-16
★★★★★
2008 is the new benchmark for Maysa. She already contributed her velvety voice to Incognito's Tales from the Beach this year, singing many of the most indispensable tracks on the album. Now she delivers a near equally superlative set of songs on her latest solo project for Shanachie, Metamorphosis...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
Possibly not a name that will be familiar to everybody, Maysa is probably best known as the lead singer of British soul/jazz/funk outfit Incognito. Significantly, unlike her 1995 debut Maysa, this album is largely produced by the frontman of said group, Jean Paul "Bluey" Maunick. Originally released only in Japan on Rice Records this was always an album that deserved wider exposure. Now available in the U.K., thanks to British label Expansion, and with rumours of a possible U.S...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
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