Today Is Someday by Melody Swink (2 CDs, 2004 Iris) Jazz Siren/Ramsey Lewis/NEW!

Description: Today is Someday, explores Melody Swink's smooth jazz roots, as well as covering songs from her wide repertoire of music affiliations and inspirations, including international jazz legend, Ramsey Lewis, who lends his piano genious to I'm Still In Love With You and Time. Melody's rich life experience is explored in self-penned ballads like Lover, Broken and the title track, Today is Someday. Her borderless musical vocabulary encompasses songs by musical greats from a wide range of genres; from Burt Bacharach to Al Green, from Melissa Etheridge to Culture Club. Her artistic, contemporary and fresh interpretations are a uniquely new sound that has been likened to the stylings of Sade, the intimacy of Diane Krall, with a an impressive vocal range. Relax and relish the contemporary smooth jazz CD, or experience the energy of the dance CD, which combines playfulness and sensuality. With a voice that has been likened to a cross between Peggy Lee, Sade and Sarah Brightman, Melody originally was going to tackle the pop/jazz songbook. However, as her skills and confidence grew, she raised the bar with a juicier challenge: to take songs that people do not think of as jazz into a jazzy place. For her double CD debut, Today is Someday, Melody wraps her dreamy vocals around material by artists ranging from R. Kelly (“Your Body’s Calling”) to Burt Bacharach (“Walk On By”), Al Green (“I’m Still In Love With You) to Alanis Morissette (“Your House”). Beyond the unlikely remakes, the real meat of the album lies in the haunting songs Melody composed herself such as “Lover” and “Romeovoid.” Among the most affecting is “Broken.” Most amazing is the title track, "Today is Someday." “It means get up, go and do everything you really want to do right now. Life can be a series of minutes/hours/days that just slip through your fingers - or it can be a series that leads to that destination in your soul where you've always wanted to thrive. I wrote that as a rallying call for myself first. An important component of the deluxe Today is Someday package is its extensive book. Melody is dedicating the book to her mom who, in her own way, gave her not just a name but a destiny. “I want people who listen to my music to have a sense of who I am,” Melody insists “Anyone going through the pictures, mottos and songs should come away seeing the complexity of me. There are dark times to making art of any significance. The photos aren’t about me being an attractive woman. It's about me being a woman who has a deep, dark side that I'm willing not only to explore but to expose. For me, the darkness was all the years that I hadn't been singing or performing – the years I was young and had no confidence.” Tracklist AM CD1-1 Walk on By (Burt Bacharach) 1-2 Still in Love with You (Al Green) 1-3 Today Is Someday 1-4 Lover 1-5 Your Body's Callin' (R. Kelly) 1-6 Time (Culture Club) 1-7 Like the Way I Do (Melissa Etheridge) 1-8 Romeovoid 1-9 Your House (Alanis Morrisette) 1-10 Broken 1-11 Fixing Tom 1-12 Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller) 1-13 Heaven 1-14 Today Is Someday - Reprise PM CD 2-1 Let's Stay Together (Al Green) 2-2 Today Is Someday - Dance Mix 2-3 Romeovoid - Dance Mix 2-4 Lowdown (Boz Scaggs)2-5 Let Me Be Free (Vince Lawrence)2-6 Believe - Electronica Mix (Lenny Kravitz) 2-7 Romeovoid - Electronica Mix 2-8 Goodbye (Melody/McDavid2-9 Time - The McDavid Dance Mix (Culture Club) 2-10 Why (Vince Lawrence2-11 Come Rain or Shine (Johnny Mercer) Combined shipping discount on all items unless otherwise noted. Just use the add to cart option and proceed to checkout when done. Please note that the Buy It Now button voids the discount. See the shipping link for more shipping options.

Price: 10.99 USD

Location: Old Saybrook, Connecticut

End Time: 2025-01-17T18:03:36.000Z

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