Moon Bossa

Julie Dexter - born and brought up in Birmingham, England is now living in Atlanta is one-time featured vocalist with Courtney Pine's group, and received three well solo independent albums to her name. Khari Simmons - bass player with India Arie since 2001 still tours and records with Dexter. Simmons is the leader of his own acclaimed soul/jazz group Jiva, and also a resident of Atlanta. They are working together for the first time on a very special album "Moon Bossa." An album very much in Khari's preferred musical style - Soul Bossa - a style featured on classic albums by the likes of the Soul Bossa Trio, Sergio Mendes and George Duke, to which he adds a personal touch by mixing it with modern soul and dance music. He describes it as "a homage to various styles of bossa nova" from the simplicity of vocal and guitar to a mix of soul and hip-hop.