Jesleigh

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Jesleigh, short for Jessica Leigh, is a native of Arizona. She was born in Scottsdale and raised in the Northwest valley. From the very beginning, music was a love for Jesleigh. Both of her parents exposed her to R&B, Jazz, Christian pop, and Rock & Roll. Artists such as Carol king, Oleta Adams, The Eagles, Simon and Garfunkle, Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye were some of the sounds she heard growing up.

All throughout childhood into adolescense, Jesleigh was involved with music. Whether it was a school, church choir, or community theatre, there has always been an outlet for singing, dancing, and acting. She also began writing songs and choreographing as early as age nine. Her mother Deb Herrmann, also a resident of Glendale, AZ kept Jesleigh in piano, flute and dance lessons. Her parents were hugely supportive in keeping her active in the arts. This enthusiasm for music and performing continued into high school.

Jesleigh attended Apollo HS in Glendale. There she was extremely active in their theatre program for all four years. Although she was an avid student, the traditional expectation of going to a university was not for her. Jesleigh wanted a career to support herself while she pursued her music. The next four years, she went to trade school, becoming a paramedical aesthetician and sharpened her skills as a makeup artist. She worked in the medical field, wellness, cosmetics, the spa industry, and even modeled. Trying to find contentment, she was still writing her songs and poetry, but felt distant from the career as a recording artist she dreamt of when she was a little girl.

At age twenty-one, Jesleigh began exploring the nightlife in Scottsdale. She found many people who were interested in her talent, but nothing ever panned-out. This was until a good friend introduced her to her future manager, David Hinojosa with Skyy Entertainment. Within one week of meeting David, Jesleigh was in the studio in L.A., working with multi-platinum and gold writers and producers. This is the same team (B&B Entertainment) that wrote and produced her first single, “Be My Boyfriend”. She also had the opportunity to work with “Mo Pleasure” of Earth Wind and Fire fame. He’s worked with legendary and contemporary artists including Janet Jackson.

When Jesleigh’s manager David played her vocals for Mo Pleasure, he asked her to record a song with some of those legendary artists. The song called “We Are One”, collaborates the talents of Michael McDonald, Oleta Adams, Sheena Easton, Phillip Bailey of Earth, Wind, and Fire, and of course Jesleigh. Mo Pleasure was so happy with her performance on the track that he’s offering to include her in future projects. Mo has asked Jesleigh to write new songs with him as well.

So you’re probably asking yourself where you can hear Jesleigh and her debut single “Be My Boyfriend”. She performed her song live for the first time with the Zowie Bowie Band at Barcelona in North Scottsdale September 13th, then again on the 20th. Future performances in Arizona will be featured at CBNC, The Buzz, and Jackson’s on 3rd. Locally their show can be heard weeknights at ten p.m. on 104.7 KISSFM. Listen and request the song on the popular R&B, Hip Hop stations in the valley. Jesleigh and her dancers will also be presented at the kick off of comedian Alex Thomas’ new show on UPN, The Talent Agency October 5th in L.A.

The things most aspiring artists are in search of for years has been placed graciously in her hands in a swift two months. Jesleigh has been blessed, and she’s ready for the opportunity. With all her manager's vast resources and connections with artists and industry professionals, it seems the future Jesleigh is certain for success.

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Alison Dawn

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Alison Dawn’s love of music began at a young age. Inspired by the albums of such great artists as Whitney Houston, Bette Midler, and countless others, she soon took to the microphone on her first karaoke machine when she was eight years old. Performing immediately became a love of hers, whether it was dancing, singing, or acting.

Alison began professionally training her voice when she was 13 and participated in classical choir, show choir, Regional choirs and All-State Show Choir. She performed in the classical solo and ensemble festival and received superior rankings each year. The capstone of her high school performing career was with a girls-only a cappella group consisting of seven of the school’s finest singers. The group, Girls Night Out, was regularly booked for local events and performed in television commercials.

After high school, Alison decided to pursue music while also attending Arizona State University. During her tenure at ASU, Alison has participated in several performance projects. She has been in several local bands of varying styles and has performed her original music locally. She has also worked as a studio vocalist on several projects.

Following her experiences as part of a larger group or band, Alison decided to focus her efforts on a solo career. This was achieved by working with Everett Ross-Harwood, a recording artist, professional musician, producer and songwriter. Together they co-wrote and recorded Alison’s seven-song demo. They continue to work together on new material.

After the completion of her demo, Everett introduced Alison to David Hinojosa of Skyy Entertainment who took her under his wing and became her manager. David is an experienced industry professional who has dedicated great amounts of time and effort to further the careers of new independent artists. Since then, David has introduced Alison to top recording industry professionals and has helped her network in the music business. Alison was given the great opportunity to contribute backup vocals to Morris Pleasure’s solo album through David. Alison hopes to continue writing, recording and performing and to build her career in music.

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Mo Pleasure

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Known affectionately as "Mo Pleasure", Mo began playing acoustic piano by ear at the age of four for family and friends, and by his early teens, had mastered several instruments, including bass, trumpet, guitar, drums and violin. While a music student at the University of Connecticut, Mo's mastery of the electric bass excelled to exceptional heights, ultimately catching the attention of the legendary Ray Charles, who, during a live performance, hired him for his 1984-1986 international tour.

Upon receiving his Bachelor or Arts degree in music composition and arranging from UCONN in 1986, Mo graduated to pleasing a variety of audiences worldwide, has earned a multitude of accolades, the respect of his peers, and has performed continuously on various domestic and international artist tours, featuring George Duke, Natalie Cole, James Ingram, Dianne Reeves, Jonathan Butler, Rachelle Ferrell, Marion Meadows, Paula Abdul, Angela Bofill, Everette Harp and Marcus Miller, to name a few.

From 1989 through 1992, Mo has been both featured keyboardist and musical director with saxophonist Najee, pianist, Alex Bugnon, vocalists Philip Bailey, Patti Austin, Phil Perry, Miki Howard, Jon Lucien, and in 1993, became a member of Earth, Wind & Fire and the group's musical director in 1994. Currently touring with Janet Jackson's "All For You Tour", Mo is featured performing on keyboards, trumpet and guitar.

In addition to performing annually at various jazz festivals including Montreaux, North Sea, Aruba, St. Lucia, Cancun, Acapulco and Montreal, Mo's diverse and charismatic abilities shine as a featured pianist on Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra and have been documented in numerous television and video appearances, including the BBC, Mad TV, BET, The Tonight Show, VIBE, ABC, American Music Awards, The Today Show, VH1, FOX and Rosie O'Donnell.

For the last decade, Mo's extensive discography of musical compositions have been memorialized through his publishing company "Moplay Music", which includes recording studio/CD credits with Gerald Albright, Maurice White, Sonny Emory, Marion Meadows, the "Brazilian Rain" single featured on "Urban Knights II", "Midnight Mood", the title cut on George Howard's final project, "Tokyo Blue" Najee's Gold/Best Jazz Album - 1991 Soul Train Music Awards" in addition to five songs on the most recent Earth, Wind & Fire CD "In TheName of Love." His movie soundtrack debut includes, the "Cruisin" single, featured in Spike Lee's "Get On The Bus" and "Talkin", co-written by Mo, featured in the Disney Movie, "Three Men And A Little Lady."

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