{"id":9561,"date":"2016-03-09T10:36:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=9561"},"modified":"2013-03-09T10:36:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-09T18:36:48","slug":"jeanette-harris-summer-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=9561","title":{"rendered":"Jeanette Harris &#8211; Summer Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The way\u00a0<b>Jeanette Harris<\/b>\u00a0sees it, summer rain is sensual, an ideal backdrop for love at first sight. Oozing saxuality, she wrote and produced her fourth album, \u201c<b>Summer Rain,<\/b>\u201d as the soul-jazz soundtrack for romance. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-36QHmmdIwA?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>To enhance the experience, she created a \u201cSummer Rain\u201d perfume that will be available soon after the record is released April 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0on<b>\u00a0J&amp;M Records<\/b>. A mid-tempo R&amp;B sax and guitar groove, \u201cJust Keep Holding On\u201d will arrive at radio ahead of the storm forecasters expect to generate steadily growing showers of airplay accompanied by warm winds of critical praise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSummer Rain\u201d features Harris, who was classically trained on both saxophone and piano, playing alto sax, flute, keyboards and drum programming. She wrote or co-wrote eleven new songs and recorded a moving rendition of\u00a0<b>Luther Vandross<\/b>\u2019 classic \u201cHere &amp; Now.\u201d Her rainmakers are producer-songwriter-keyboardist\u00a0<b>Chuck Cymone<\/b>, guitarist\u00a0<b>Darrell Crooks<\/b>, keyboardists and drum programmers\u00a0<b>George Freeman<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Andrew Dorsette<\/b>, saxophonist\u00a0<b>Marcus Anderson<\/b>, soul crooner<b>Joel Bowers<\/b>, and Harris\u2019 brother,\u00a0<b>Michael<\/b>, who contributed as a producer and songwriting partner. Harris has an amiable relationship with melodies and is capable of crafting compelling cosmopolitan grooves, instantly appealing hooks, sultry, cuddle-up close urban ballads, funky rhythm tracks, throbbing electronic dance floor fillers, and gospel-tinged inspirationals. She sagely lets her sax emote in the service of the song with the horn moving the narrative along free from grandstand theatrics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe music of \u2018Summer Rain\u2019 is all about a positive vibe. It\u2019s about staying in love \u2013 never falling out of love, feeling good, being faithful and always following a positive route. Great things have happened for me in the last year. I\u2019ve learned what\u2019s really important in life \u2013 my family and my music,\u201d shared Harris, who already has a dozen concert dates booked this spring to support the album release with more to be added.<\/p>\n<p>As for the \u201cSummer Rain\u201d fragrance, she said, \u201cI\u2019ve been working on this project for a few months and finally came up with a scent that I\u2019m digging.\u00a0I love perfume and I think people of all ages will enjoy my smooth, sensual perfume, which adds another dimension to the love story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris spent a year playing in\u00a0<b>Teena Marie<\/b>\u2019s band in the final year before the legendary R&amp;B vocalist passed away. She credits her stint with Marie for teaching her how to be \u201ca strong, professional female leader.\u201d The Fresno, CA-born and based musician earned a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Harris landed on the\u00a0<b>Billboard<\/b>charts with her version of\u00a0<b>Stevie Wonder<\/b>\u2019s \u201cAll I Do,\u201d which appeared on her third album, \u201c<b>Saxified<\/b>\u201d (2010). Last year, she co-penned a track, \u201cThe Best Is Yet To Come,\u201d with Grammy-winning guitarist\u00a0<b>Norman Brown<\/b>\u00a0for his Grammy-nominated collection of duets, \u201c<b>24\/7<\/b>,\u201d with saxophonist\u00a0<b>Gerald Albright<\/b>. On stage, Harris has impressed on U.S. shores and at festivals in Europe and Japan \u2013 whether she was backing R&amp;B vocalists\u00a0<b>Howard Hewett<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Deniece Williams<\/b>\u00a0or playing her own set opening for<b>\u00a0Babyface<\/b>,\u00a0<b>KEM<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Phil Perry<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Kirk Whalum<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Najee<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>The Rippingtons<\/b>. For more information, please visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeanetteharrisband.com\/\">www.jeanetteharrisband.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The way\u00a0Jeanette Harris\u00a0sees it, summer rain is sensual, an ideal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9564,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9561\/revisions\/9564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}