Lemonade Jones aka Tanya Reed (Atlanta, GA) – Sept 2011
Good people, we meet again!
Welcome to yet another long overdue edition of Ten2One (try to concentrate on the ‘welcome’, not the ‘long overdue’…)
At ANY rate, we’re here to introduce you to an amazing Jazz vocalist ( Yep…a First for us!!!). We’re taking another trip to The ATL. We’re gonna meet Lemonade Jones, and dig into such heavy topics ranging as Deep Sea Diving ( well, Lake diving, that is…), the art of Seductive Pouting, and Huge piles of cold, hard, ca$h. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Lemonade Jones ( aka Tanya Reed)!!!
Tanya Reed’s richly cultivated voice captivates the souls of her listeners. Through the universal language of music, Tanya has found her redemption and mean of contributing to the positive evolution of our culture. Tanya’s time is now; emerging as a solo artist on the music scene 10 years as the premier jazz/ soul artist; she is taking the entertainment world by storm.
Tanya’s love for music ignited as a young child under the guidance of jazz organist Melvin Rhyne. At the age of 11, she, along with her two sisters and her mother, founded a vocal jazz trio, “The Reed Sisters.” In 1993, the sisters’ musical career took flight when they developed a musical bond with jazz legend Dr. Betty Carter. Betty Carter discovered the budding artists singing in a hotel lobby lounge in their hometown, Milwaukee, WI. Instantly, Tanya and her sisters were invited to participate in Dr. Betty Carter’s annual program, “Jazz Ahead.” Year after year, under the mentorship of Dr. Carter, “The Reed Sisters’ wooed sold-out audiences in New York’s Majestic Theater and Washington D.C’s Kennedy Center. In July 1998, Tanya and her sisters were featured with Dr. Carter in Italy’s world-renowned. “Festival of Two Worlds.”
Tanya has performed at prestigious venues such as The Apollo Theater, Blue Note (NYC), Jazz Showcase (Chicago), The House of Blues (Chicago), 651 Brooklyn Academy of Music Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center (D.C.), SOB’s (NYC) and Joe’s Pub (NYC) with artists like: George Benson, Karriem Riggins, Geri Allen, Jacky Terrasson, Mel Rhyne, Jack Dejohnette, Ari Brown, Nate Smith and more. Her independent release “Tanya Reed Live in Chicago-The Debut” was a success with over 20,000 units sold. “A Taste…Tanya Reed,” the sophomore CD/EP is the sonic musical flavor that delights all taste buds.
Tanya has been the focus of diverse press coverage, including articles in Jazz Times, Down Beat, New York Times Magazine, and Midwest Jazz Magazine (cover story). She has also been featured on “CBS Sunday Morning,” and “BET on Jazz” television programs.
(ed note: her discography was a gazillion pages long. She’s been on a TON of material! So be sure to check out her blog and other links. and now; back to our regularly scheduled program…)
Lemonade Jones
1- What album must every music lover own?
“What’s Going On”-Marvin Gaye
2- What’s your automatic cure for boredom?
YouTube
3- What was your nickname growing up, and how did you get it?
Tootie Fruity with the big fat booty…first my Dad called me “Tootie”, and then my manish cousin Ron-Ron added the tag line ‘with the big fat booty’!.LOL!
4- What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
Probably used it to get my hair done. I may have been around 14 years old.
5- What strange habits or quirks do you have?
Scratching my body when I get tired and puckering my lips out for comfort or when I am thinking hard….
6- What musician ( or band ) would you most want to work with?
Kanye West, because he has enough musical sensibility to understand my vantage point but still very commercial.
7- What’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever done on a dare?
Jump off a boat in Lake Michigan with only a rope and a life jacket not knowing how to swim.
8- What movie character do you most identify with?
Miss Sophia from “The Color Purple”, and Cruella DeVille. ( ed. note: We’re assuming it’s the same Cruella DeVille from “101 Dalmations”. but hey, we’ve been wrong before…)
9- What’s the easiest way to bribe you?
Money
10- What’s the best B-day gift you ever got?
A ten dollar money tree on my tenth birthday and homemade tacos.
Parting Shot:
“Let your yes mean yes, and your no mean no.”
I would like to take credit for it, but it seems that somebody like Oprah said it first….LOL!
Well there ya have it. Words from Lemonade Jones. Here’s where it gets good though. As we mentioned earlier, she has a HUGE discography and a lot of live performances under her belt. If you’re in the Atlanta Area, be sure to check her out: ( double click for full-sized image…DUH)
If you want to see and hear more of Lemonade Jones, be sure to check these links out…you know you want to:
www.lemonadejones.blogspot.com
and if you REALLY wanna show her some support ( yeah that’s right…REAL support), feel free to check out these digital music stores where you can cop some of her releases. You won’t regret it…
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tanya-reed-live-in-chicago/id210801588
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tanyareed
