Hello friends

Today I present you a new review about Jessy J's debut album Tequilla Moon.





The link to the review is

http://www.smooth-jazz.de/starportrait/JessicaJ/Tequillamoon.htm

Have fun

hbh

She hooked up with Paul Brown to do the radio friendly thing so it's really laid back but I've heard she's a really firey player live. This CD was, well, OK. Two hot songs and a bunch of Brown stuff. She's been touring with some smokin' Latin artists too. Hopefully the need to play with such restraint won't be an issue when she does her sophmore project.

It's on my to-do list, but I may pass on it. On first listen, I liked her chops but I agree with Shannon. The Paul Brown factor is way too strong here. If on the next pass I find myself liking 6 or more songs, I'll review it.

I'm a few months late, but I finally bought "Tequila Moon" on Monday and it arrived this afternoon. It's pretty good. The vocal tracks were rather hypnotizing, as if the cover/liner notes shots weren't enough.
As I looked at the thank yous in those liner notes, I noticed something: no mention of a husband. Is she really married, as I remember being discussed late last summer? Or was I incorrect in thinking that?

I'm scaling back my review, which was only after hearing tracks 1 through 4 and 9. Now, I'd say it's satisfactory. Still curious about marital status. I'm not thinking I have a shot. I'm just wondering.

I got to see her with G&S a few weeks ago. This woman is quite a musician. There's more fusion and some straightahead in this verison of G&S and that's where she gets to show her stuff. I hope she gets to play without format boundaries on her next CD. One of the benefits of the format flipping to Lite-er A/C may be that artists do get to play for the audience again!

She is also one of the most gracious, down to earth folks out there.

Why Mike. You sly dog.

Here she performs with Guitars and Saxes last weekend in Detroit...

Probably doesn't wear a ring cause it'll scratch the sax...

Long fingers though!

Photos by Kevin Sanderson

Billy, this brings to mind two questions:
1) Is she married or not? I didn't get a definitive answer.
2) Is she the other sax in Guitars and Saxes? If so, that's what I have to look forward in October at IMAC in addition to Jeff Lorber, Jeff Golub, Peter White, and Gerald Albright.

UPDATE: I guess I shouldn't care about whether or not she's married, but I tend to care when it's someone close to my age.

Hey Mike;

I don't know if she is, or is not married. I thought you'd like the pics.

As far as guitars and saxes, go to http://www.wvmv.com and you can see more guitars and saxes and pics of Jessy, Gerald, Jeff and the whole gang. That may answer 1 of your questions.

They're excellent pictures. Thank you. And don't worry about not knowing the answer.