Tahira Jumah And Fay Jones - It's An Ill Wind

Tahira Jumah is my new protege, my Evelyn Thomas for the new millenium. When she came to the studio with Fay Jones, they were both friends of Angelo Starr, and he brought them along to meet me. I decided to pair them up to make this song which I wrote with Angelo, "It's An Ill Wind". They had never met each other before that day. But as I got to know Tahira, I realised she had all the attributes of a real Ian Levine long term star, which is why she is singing my very first song ever, "Reaching For The Best", for the upcoming album, "Yesterday And Tomorrow". "It's An Ill Wind" has now firmly become another of my favourite tracks off "Disco 2008", and, along with the Odette Adams track, these two ended up being the real sleepers of the whole bunch. With the release of this last album, in December 2007, "Disco 2008", I have spent thirty two years honing my craft to the point when I am able to produce a record like this. I have gone back to my Disco and High Energy roots and done what I love best, and what I know how to do best, and with the best artists imaginable. This to me is the real McCoy, and I am so proud and excited with it. On December 3rd 2007, exactly three months after my last album release, we finally released my utterly fabulous exciting new album called "Disco 2008", which was released on Centre City Records, distributed by Goldsoul Music and Vital Distribution. This album consists of twenty four brand new 2007 songs by soul and disco legends, including Sheila Ferguson, Hazell Dean, Steve Brookstein, Tina Charles, The Flirtations, Voices With Soul, Ebony Alleyne, Noel McKoy, and lots of others. Each song has an accompanying video of the artist basically performing it the studio and in various locations. Because a lot of my fans on MySpace and YouTube have been begging me to do this, I decided to get up and make it happen, so there is a giveaway DVD with the CD showing the same twenty four songs, all being performed in the same running order as the CD, followed by three more bonus tracks which simply wouldn't fit on the main CD itself. The work that we have all put into this project is quite staggering, and I hope it will break down the barriers between the Disco stalwarts and a new generation who haven't yet been exposed to decent dance music if all they've heard is the bilge poured out over the last twenty years. Play the CD, watch the DVD, and give new Disco a chance this time. This isn't Disco's return, it's quite simply Disco's REVENGE !!!!!!!! And Tahira and Fay will have you dancing in the aisles.

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Music

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• Disco-2008
• Disco
• Soul
• Motorcity
• Centre-City
• High-Energy
• Diva
• Girl-Groups
• Northern-Soul
• Female-Singers

[redchalk]

Ian do you mean that Tahira sounds like stephanie mills??--- because I think she does

Funny in a way people linking her to evelyn but didnt evelyn sing with stephane mills in the Wiz?

[IanLevine]

Yes. She has her own unique sound, but there is definitely a touch of Stephanie Mills in there, just like Rocq-E Harrell used to have too.

[redchalk]

yes she does sound like stephanie

question what happened to Rocq-e Harrell and celena duncan??

both where good artists

[IanLevine]

Rocq-E Harrell married a guy in Belgium, so she moved there from Los Angeles, but I have lost touch now.

I have looked for Celena but never found her. She came from Cardiff originally.

[stevechandler1]

there`s a bit of Stephanie Mills sound to the girl with the hat.

[IanLevine]

No - that's Tahira who sounds like Stephanie. Watch again. It's the girl without the hat who sounds like Stephanie Mills. I think she's utterly utterly fabulous. In fact I think they're both great.

[V2DHEART]

funky fresh! :) v2dheart 4 life!

[SalvoBrosEnt]

Caramba! Tahira tiene mucho talento!:)

[tahira1]

I want to thank everyone for all their positive support if this is such a roller coaster ride and I am enjoying every second!

[BarbraAlejandro]

Two Of My Favorites Of The Talented Artists Off "Centre City"!!!! I Love This Just As Much As Their Wonderful "I'm In Wonderland" Off "Yesterday & Tomorrow:The Ian Levine Songbook"!!! I Look Forward To More Fabulous Duets Between These Two Gorgeous Ladies!!!!

[theesnutsproductions]

hahah that shit is funky i love the classic flava big ups boo boo

[tahira1]

I hope every one is enjoying It's an Ill Wind. I am feeling so flattered to be compared to some of the singer's I look up to. Thank you all..

[DaHood69]

Awesome! Tahira and Fay good luck on the new venture...Burn up them clubs! Much love. xx

[redchalk]

thanks for the update

celena was a really good vocalist keep searching

every heard of a british singer called Lavine Hudson she has hell of a voice --but she seems to have disapeared also