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About Me

We're an alt/soul/pop singer/songwriter duo. Our stuff is an eclectic mix of music influenced by everything we've ever listened to and loved. We started out as a quartet in 1992 and by 1998 had dwindled down to, or honed in on, the essence of the Jazzees, depending on who you talk to. Though we signed our first deal in 1993 with Fathouse/Tommy Boy Records that album was never released. Our first official release was "The Once and Future" (1999) on Motive/MCA Records. We knew we'd never get anywhere at MCA, so after much hooping and hollering on our part we were released and went on to record our next album, "The Tortoise and the Hare" (2002), on our own imprint Coolhunter, distributed through Rykodisc. We decided to try the minor/major route again and signed with now defunct S-Curve Records in 2003 but the label head jumped ship and headed off the become VP of another label thus we were left label-less.Now we're in possesion of our basically complete third album but, thus far, it has no home. We gave it away for a hot second then retired it to possibly sign with another small/big label that offered some angle but no dough. Plus, they were really only interested in half the album. Did we mention we cover quite a bit of ground in our ten song CD's? You can listen to the first song and not imagine where you'll end up at the end. Some people like that, some find it confusing. We'll post some stuff on this site, you be the judge. Anyway, thats the brief synapsis of the long history of Jazzzyfatnastees. Of course there are plenty of details to be filled in, how we started in Los Angeles and wound up in Philly. How we started Black Lily: The Women in Music Series and where Black Lily is headed, where we're going musically, but, if we talked about everything now what would we blog about?

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Music:

Member Since: 8/6/2006
Band Website: jazzyfatnastees.com
Band Members: Tracey Moore and Mercedes Martinez
Influences: In no particular order: 80's pop, 70's soul, jazz standards 0f 30's, 40's & 50's, The Beatles Prince, Aretha, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Gladys Knight, Golden Age Hip-Hop, The Roots, Duran Duran, Portishead, Jodeci, Chante Moore, Rebekah, Rachelle Farell, Radiohead, Astrid Gilberto, En Vogue, Fiona Apple . . . to be continued.
Sounds Like: something you'd like.
Record Label: Coolhunter
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SAVE THE DATE! MAY 1-4, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 2, 2008 Contact: Rakia [email protected] SAVE THE DATE! MAY 1-4, 20082ND ANNUAL BLACK LILY FILM & MUSIC FESTIVALAnnual celebration highlights the ...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:40:00 PST

Black Lily Presents Cancelled!

Hey everyone,We are sorry to report Rutgers University has decided to cancel the Black Lily Presents Series due to a loss of funding for their arts program. We want to thank everyone who came out to ...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:35:00 PST

Jazzyfatnastees Tracey Moore to be Auctioned off!!!

Yes it's true. I have agreed to auction off a date to help raise money for our upcoming Black Lily Film and Music Festival 2008. So if you've ever had a fantasy of getting to know me, this is your l...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:37:00 PST

BLACK LILY BREAKDOWN

Thanks to the hard work and vision of an amazing group of people, we pulled off the first annual Black Lily Film & Music Festival! I've been recovering ever since. Why did I choose to move two weeks...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Tue, 15 May 2007 06:00:00 PST

Black Lily Is Here!

www.blacklilyfilm.orgIt's seems to have come up crazy fast. We're less than one week away from the first Black Lily Film & Music Festvial. When filmaker Maori Karmael Holmes approached us with the i...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:15:00 PST

Unconventional Ways

Happy New Year! We thought we'd kick off 2007 with a blast from the past. Of course our past blast is a new experience for most. In honor of that we've decided to leave one spot open in the playlis...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:15:00 PST

About that night . . .

Despite the tornado watch, the accompanying wind and rain, the Black Lily Film & Music Festival launch party proved to be a success. People still turned out in droves, given the weather conditions. ...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:54:00 PST

About tomorrow night . . . Black Lily Fest Launch Party/Silent Auction

It's the eve of the launch party/silent auction benefiting the first ever Black Lily Film & Music Festival (May 4-6th 2007) created to honor and highlight women in the film and music industry. When I...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:16:00 PST

Apology for our new and would be friends . . .

We know it sucks when you send someone a friend request and they take f-o-r-e-v-e-r to respond. But it's also weird when you're accepted in two minutes, making you suspect that this person never even...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:32:00 PST

The Five Spot aka The Tight Spot

Just want to thank everyone who braved the enormous crowd outside the club and the seemingly larger crowd that literally packed the inside. No joke, it was kind of a fire hazard and I'm just glad tha...
Posted by Jazzyfatnastees on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:46:00 PST