Jesse Dee

por nathalia Vie 7 Mayo 2010 - 10:02

Otro blanquito bostoniano soulero. Yo estoy enamorada de él desde la primera escucha. Sacado de su myspace:

Jesse Dee’s influences read like a Who’s Who of classic soul music. Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Etta James, Al Green and many others. But Jesse Dee is not just a student of the classics. He also loves the new wave of rootsy artists –James Hunter, Amos Lee and John Legend, among them. “Soul music has always hit me harder than any other kind of music,’’ says the Boston-based Jesse, who has learned his lessons well. He puts a convincing new spin on the subject with his debut solo disc, “Bittersweet Batch,’’ which should please anyone with a love of this heartfelt style. Jesse adds a stunning vocal expressiveness and a unique ability to inject and dissect emotions. He delivers it all with a warmth that comes from analog recording and from cutting a lot of the songs live in the studio. Jesse co-produced “Bittersweet Batch’’ (consisting of all-original tracks) with Jack Younger in the latter’s Basement 247 Studio. Younger has also produced for fellow Boston roots phenomenon Eli “Paperboy’’ Reed. The record is targeted for a Sept. 9 release on 7 Note Records, which has previously issued music from talented Boston singer Danielle Miraglia. Jesse’s love of soul is honest to the core. When you step into his home studio, for example, you may find him putting on a vinyl copy of “The Best Chess Vocal Groups,’’ including cuts on the seminal Chess Records by the Moonglows, Miracles, and Flamingos. And on the walls are paintings that he has created of faves like Jackie Wilson and James Brown. The paintings are exceptional. Jesse is a graduate of MassArt (Massachusetts College of Art and Design) and almost went into art as a profession over music. “I’ve been painting longer than I’ve played music,’’ says Jesse. “I have studied art most of my life and have been doing both for a while, but I made my decision to focus on music.’’ Raised in the Boston suburb of Arlington, Jesse started at MassArt by studying illustration, but switched over to its Studio for Interrelated Media, where he studied performance, production, mixed-media, and composition. During college he was in the ten-piece band Decifunk, which played up and down the east coast and released an original record called “Open Your Eyes’’ on Squeezebox Records in 2001. That was followed by a stint in the group The Dirty Whites (“more like Black Sabbath meets Motown,’’ he says). They put out a five-song, self-released EP in 2006. Then came his own group under the name Jesse Dee, which includes guitarist Matthew Joy, bassist Jim Larkin, and drummer Matt “Pie’’ Beaulieu. They’re all on the new album, as are such top-notch guests as guitarist Kevin Barry (Paula Cole, Dennis Brennan), and the soulful duo of Dwight & Nicole, not to mention an all-star horn section with Scott and John Aruda, and Paul Ahlstrand, who has played with Susan Tedeschi. The new record has some “bittersweet’’ themes, hence the title “Bittersweet Batch,’’ but most songs reflect Jesse’s ultimately positive view of the world. The standout “Slow Down,’’ which is on his myspace page (myspace.com/jessedee), has an easy-loping swing groove and the message that “people try to stay with the pace but the fact is that life is not a race.’’ Other upbeat tunes are “Still Here’ and the buoyant “Alive & Kicking.’’ Jesse, who has opened for Al Green, is also a cofounder of Sea Monsters, a popular club band he started with singer Christian McNeill. It’s a true musician’s band and has featured guest appearances from other Boston roots acts such as Tim Gearan, Miss Tess, and Dennis Brennan. Jesse still paints and freelances as a graphic designer. The painting sparks his music. “I sing when I paint,’’ he says. “I’ve composed songs while I paint a number of times.’’ But exploring and updating soul music is his true passion. “I’m just trying to get better – to write better songs, get better at performing them, and enjoy myself in the process,’’ he says.

Jesse Dee 2008jessedeebittersweetbatch

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Suerte tenéis los que podréis verlo en el Low cost festival y los que no, esperamos que vuelva pronto por la península.

por nathalia Vie 7 Mayo 2010 - 10:03

Por cierto, Spotify es nuestro amigo Very Happy

por KIM_BACALAO Vie 7 Mayo 2010 - 11:30

esto del blue-eyed soul...

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por nathalia Vie 22 Oct 2010 - 10:38

¡Qué maravilla de disco!

por Musa Vie 22 Oct 2010 - 10:48

nathalia escribió:¡Qué maravilla de disco!

por Emi Vie 22 Oct 2010 - 11:02

oh!...gracias.

por Emi Vie 22 Oct 2010 - 11:08

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no está... scratch

por nathalia Vie 22 Oct 2010 - 19:17

Pues ahora no encuentro el link... Neutral

por nathalia Vie 22 Oct 2010 - 19:29

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por Emi Vie 22 Oct 2010 - 20:09

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ya, ya...no me había fijado en la fecha y pensé que era de hoy. Disculpa y gracias.

por 0n1maraz Lun 24 Ene 2011 - 22:22

Pues el disco está muy bien, dadle un tiento aunque sea al myspace y si os mola ya le echáis un par de orejas.

Aparte de ser rollo Soul, tiene mucho de Rhythm & Blues, un rollo Gospel y algún que otro toque Funk o hasta de New Orleans.. Bien variadito y con buenos detalles.

Irá a mucho más, seguro...

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JESSE DEE
http://www.myspace.com/jessedee

Hablar de Jesse Dee es intentar condensar en un solo nombre la fuerza de los clásicos de la música Soul con la nueva ola de de artistas que inundan el panorama musical internacional reviviendo lo mejor de artistas como Otis Redding, Sam Cooke o Etta James y Al Green (a quienes teloneo). Jesse, que ha estudiado Arte en Massart (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), confiesa que el Soul está en todo lo que hace, y componer y pintar son dos formas distintas de expresar una misma cosa: "El Soul siempre me pegó más duro que cualquier otro tipo de música". Durante esta etapa universitaria formó parte de Decifunk, con los que recorrió la costa este y lanzaron un disco llamado "Open Your Eyes" en Squeezebox Records en 2001.

A esta etapa le siguió una temporada en el grupo The Dirty Whites, con los que publicaron un EP autoeditado en 2006. Su disco debut como solista, "Bittersweet Batch" (2008/2009), supone un giro para su carrera y ha sido coproducido por él y Jack Younger (Eli "Paperboy" Reed). Su nuevo disco tiene algunos temas "agridulces", de ahí el título, pero la mayoría de las canciones refleja la opinión positiva que tiene Jesse del mundo. Bajo su propio nombre incluye en su banda al guitarrista Matthew Joy, el bajista Jim Larkin, y el baterista Matt "Pie" Beaulieu, además de algunos invitados de lujo como el guitarrista Kevin Barry, el dúo Dwight y Nicole, y Scott y John Aruda con Paul Ahlstrand en la sección de vientos.

*Slow Down (con banda, Live Uit Lloyd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIZYlcGCjmA

*Over And Over Again (en solitario, Live at Vrije Geluiden)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6dm61n3Tn4

*Around Here (con banda, Live Uit Lloyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14hr1Uh3eAc

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*Entrevista con Acústico en "Hoy Empieza Todo" (Radio 3)
http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/audios/20100121/hoy-empieza-todo---entrevistas-acusticas-jesse-dee---21-01-10/673912.shtml

por nathalia Mar 25 Ene 2011 - 11:31

Tiene todo para ir a más, sí. Esperemos verlo pronto por aquí de gira con la banda, la vez que lo vi venía sin banda.

Muy majo el chico, por cierto Smile

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