Prelusion

She is mainly known for her R&B vocals and piano, but she also plays flute, clarinet, composes, arranges and produces.

She released her debut album Prelusion in 1974 and this is the supremely funky Hall Right Now.

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I'm showcasing 20-something musicians this hour on The Jazz Show, and that was 25-year-old May Simonis from New York, who performed at the Tuning Fork in Auckland in June.

She blends her love of jazz, bossanova, indie pop and rock with her English and Japanese lyrics.

You heard Zaregani from her debut album from last year.

Zarigani is the Japanese word for crayfish and it's a song about catching crayfish with her twin sister.