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Mellani previous three song EP, 'Shy to Sure," was welcomed with rave reviews. Two of the songs - "Shy to Sure" and "Jade to Sapphire" - won honorable mentions in the 2004 Billboard World songwriting competition, while the third song, "Losin'" received extensive airplay on Denver's radio station 99.5 The Mountain. All three tracks also received regular Internet radio play in the US, Canada, Europe and Japan.
It was when Mellani went to college that she started writing songs. She soon began to seek out musicians to back her up in a variety of settings. She played keyboard and sang covers at student and community events with The Administration Blues Band at the international college she worked at in Heidelberg, Germany in 1992. Living in Europe exposed Mellani to a variety of world-musical styles which she incorporates in her songs. She relocated to Denver in 1994 and continued to write and perform at various songwriter sessions. In 1998, she joined Live Wire a working blues band in Denver that included some of her original songs in their sets. Since 2002, Mellani has also been playing a regular weekly gig in Aurora, Colorado with the Experience Band.
Eventually, the drive to focus on original music that incorporated all of the musical influences she loves - classic vocal jazz, rock, blues, Latin and reggae/island beats - led her to form her own band, Dazed, comprised of five musicians with backgrounds in jazz, folk and rock. Dazed beautifully expresses the joy, life issues and intelligence featured in her songs.
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Jazz Chanteuse Mellani Day Releases Genre-Breaking CD 'Mostly True'
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All About Jazz
Colorado-based jazz chanteuse Mellani Day has announced the release of her first full-length, genre-breaking album
Mostly True, co-produced by renowned jazz pianist Eric Gunnison. The original vocal jazz-centric tunes feature a rich mix of genres from smooth jazz & blues to reggae & calypso, as well as a bluesy version of Huey Lewis' hit, I Want a New Drug!" In addition, the songs True Love" and Progress" received Billboard Song Competition Honorable Mentions.
Mellani and her band Dazed will be ...
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Jazz Artist Mellani Day works with MusicDish Network to Promote "Mostly True"
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All About Jazz
"Mostly True," co-produced by renowned jazz pianist Eric Gunnison and featuring her band Dazed, consists of original jazz vocal-centric tunes that range from smooth jazz & blues to reggae & calypso. MusicDish, an Internet music magazine publisher and artist marketing/development firm, is proud to announce the addition of Jazz singer Mellani Day to the MusicDish Network roster. Combining a variety of online viral marketing strategies, the MusicDish Network will be coordinating a broad campaign in support of her debut full-length ...
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