maysa Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/maysa Celebrating 30 Years Online! Fri, 01 Apr 2022 22:14:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/contemporaryjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-ContemporaryJazz-mascot-logo-favicon-512x512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 maysa Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/maysa 32 32 124780169 New Incognito Set for June Release https://contemporaryjazz.com/new-incognito-set-for-june-release https://contemporaryjazz.com/new-incognito-set-for-june-release#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:12:53 +0000 http://208.76.81.101/~contempo/?p=324 From the press release: Incognito will make their Heads Up debut with Tales From The Beach, an album scheduled for worldwide release on June 24. Recorded in Italy, Germany, Indonesia and London (and mixed in Jakarta), the release is a refreshing and uplifting 15-track set that captures the best elements of the band’s classic sound: […]

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]]> From the press release: Incognito will make their Heads Up debut with Tales From The Beach, an album scheduled for worldwide release on June 24. Recorded in Italy, Germany, Indonesia and London (and mixed in Jakarta), the release is a refreshing and uplifting 15-track set that captures the best elements of the band’s classic sound: driving rhythms, high-impact horns and stirring lyrics delivered by an array of expressive vocalists. The album title is a reference to Bluey’s musical evolution since his childhood in Mauritius. “When I was a kid, my first taste of music came from the beaches,” he says. “I spent a lot of time listening to the hotel bands, or the bands playing around the bonfires and cookouts. It’s a small island, so there were beaches everywhere. I was always watching live musicians play. So for inspiration for this album, I went back to various beaches around the world – in Italy, Indonesia and elsewhere – and just let the music flow.”

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]]> https://contemporaryjazz.com/new-incognito-set-for-june-release/feed 0 324 Incognito – Adventures In Black Sunshine https://contemporaryjazz.com/incognito-adventures-in-black-sunshine https://contemporaryjazz.com/incognito-adventures-in-black-sunshine#respond Tue, 28 Sep 2004 05:55:37 +0000 http://tomorrowjazz.com/?p=136 Incognito comes full circle with Adventures in Black Sunshine, the new recording out now on Rice/Narada. In the mid to late 90s, leader Bluey steered the band away from the jazzier sounds that were its trademark into dance/pop/funk tunes. The group’s sound lost its distinctiveness, its identity. Perhaps due to the difficulty in marketing this […]

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]]> cover to Adventures in Black Sunshine by IncognitoIncognito comes full circle with Adventures in Black Sunshine, the new recording out now on Rice/Narada.

In the mid to late 90s, leader Bluey steered the band away from the jazzier sounds that were its trademark into dance/pop/funk tunes. The group’s sound lost its distinctiveness, its identity. Perhaps due to the difficulty in marketing this new sound after already having established themselves as something else, Incognito didn’t appear to have a distributor in the U.S. at the turn of the century. I had to import their 2001 release Life Stranger Than Fiction.

Last year, Bluey’s label, Rice, hitched on to Narada and Who Needs Love was released. When I listened to cuts from that CD, I was stunned. Bluey had the old, familiar Incognito groove back. I mean, it was back as if it never left. The horns sounded the same, the light synths, everything.

Merely a year later, that return to form continues as Bluey brings it full circle by inviting the definitive Incognito singer, Maysa, back for half of the 14 cuts on Adventures in Black Sunshine. The instantly recognizable horns and orchesynth (yeah, I made that word up) touches remain, and Maysa adds so much more. The chemistry between her and Bluey, or at least her interpretation of his music, is undeniable. It’s definitely a happy reunion for the listener.

For those who love the Incognito instrumentals, there are two great ones. George Duke rips open one of those on his Fender Rhodes. Not only is this one of the best Incognito recordings, it’s simply good music for any jazz, soul, or funk fan. Recommended.

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