Latin Flavas

A selection from my releases going back more than 14 years!

Ava's Picks!

!!!! FEBRUARY 2022 BEST COVER SONG AWARD-WINNER !!!!
https://www.theakademia.com/awards/2022/AvaLemert-TakeItEasy-0000351989.html

A cover from the mid-80s, I've wanted to do this song for so long, it's not even funny! I have the original 45 still. With sequencing by Nelson Guimaraes, the original male vocal with guitar solos, is now transformed into my special signature arrangement with my tenor sax supplying the riffs and middle 8 solo, and lead vocal plus 6 harmony backing vocals by  me :-) too! So much fun, I'll update this when the track comes out and I have a pre-save and buy link to share!

Take It Easy

April 9, 2021

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Red Or White Rumba

>>>> OUT NOW>>>> https://ffm.to/loverboy_ava
To all the people out there that comment, "They just don't make real music anymore," I want you to know that we are, you just don't see us on the awards shows! It doesn't mean it's no good, it's just not the trend. I don't auto-tune, I don't rap, I love harmony, a good melody, rich instrumentation, and a sexy sax riff or two! If you feel me, then, have I got some music to share with you!

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SAMPLE- Lover Boy

*** https://ffm.to/breakingaway_ava *** RELEASING ON TUES. JUNE 21!

More than a title for the song, "Breaking Away" aptly describes Ava Lemert's new direction for her music making. In this song, she flexes her vocal, and production chops, "Breaking Away" from the misconception that she is simply a "jazz saxophonist." Ava also recorded, mixed, and mastered the song herself in her Citrus Heights studio, My Blue Heaven.
"Breaking Away" is a rather obscure song from 1981 by the band, Balance. Ava's version of the energetic, 80s rocker, has a bit faster tempo, great for exercising to, and six vocal harmonies, all sung by Ava herself! This is a new arrangement of a dusty gem from the days of leg warmers, and Miami Vice. It's both nostalgic, and refreshing with the "realness" of the soaring, powerful vocals by Ava Lemert.

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SAMPLE - Breaking Away

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A big, bold version of the blues classic, Ava takes the WHOLE stage here: with an aggressive power lead vocal, equally gritty, searing saxophone riff and solo, as well as three soulful backing vocals, give this both a bright sound, with a vintage soul roundness. Absolutely a stunner in the digital age, with NO auto-tune required nor used!

Born Under a Bad Sign

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SAMPLE-Born Under A Bad Sign

45 Second samples from each track of "Neo-Exotica" this will be my first #GRAMMY Awards entry for Best World Music - Album" and the track "Jungle Funk" for Instrumental Composition. 
What is “Neo-Exotica?” A new, retro-inspired genre of music by Ava Lemert.
If you love the "Ultra Lounge" series by Rhino Records that features worldly googie music from the mid-century martini set you'll love Ava's "Neo-Exotica" 
How does it sound? Think of the romance of forbidden beaches, tiki,gods guarding sacred temples in misty jungles teeming with wild things. Hear the rhythm of drenching salty surf, warm tropical sun and you sipping a fancy cocktail with a little umbrella sticking out enjoying it all! It's lush —replete with field recordings of Kookaburra birds, lions and stirrings of the Yucatan rainforest. Ava uses sounds of instruments you may not know even exist, such as African traditional instruments like the urdu, ngoni, or the lute-like Aud from Armenia, there's the Chinese dizi flute and the other-worldly sounding Erhu, ringing sitar-like Jaipur and even drums made with Cling-Wrap! Blended in with the very exotic are more familiar rhythms such as funky dancehall and Reggae, Bossa Nova and a fiery Tango that features Ava's smoldering spicy saxophones in a dance of passion in "Gypsy Tango." 

All instruments and vocals performed by:  Ava Lemert
All songs written by Ava Lynn Lemert (BMI)
Recorded at My Blue Heaven Studio, Citrus Heights, CA USA
Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Album Concept by Ava Lemert (BMI)
Publisher: Ava Lemert Music, Inc. (BMI)
Photography, graphics and packaging design by Ava Lemert c/o ACDCgraphics.com

Neo-Exotica

A Little Love

Diamond in the Dirt

Te Quiero

Suavecito

Ava L Soul

If I Can't Have You

This original came together so fast, that I wrote the lyrics down AFTER I cut the first "test" lead vocal! I love it when something comes together in a bolt of lightning. I did very little to change it, I find, usually, in creating songs, artwork, or other "passion" projects, that reworking tends to wreck the energy of the product. Not sure how to really word what I'm thinking, I hope you catch my meaning. Anyway, I think this is more a "Funk Rock" than "R&B/Soul" would you agree? Categorizing is always the TOUGHEST part of releasing music to me, and it doesn't seem to get any easier, LOL! I hope you like it! Made with love, Ava :-)

https://musicnews.skunkradiolive.com/2020/04/Music-News-Soul-New-Music-2020-April-14-Ava-Lemert.html

SONG LYRICS;

Ooh, Wastin' Time
Ooh, Wastin' Time
Ooh, Wastin' Time, Yeah
Wastin' Time

Yeah!
You know you gotta give it everything
or you're just Wastin' Time (Wastin' Time)
Yes you are
You've got to give it all that you've got
or you're just Wastin' Time
Wastin' Time, yours and mine

I know you've been hurt before
You don't want to get hurt some more
Well you might get a "No" or nothing at all
But whatever you get, you stand up tall!
Now listen,

'Got to give it all that you've got
or you're just Wastin' Time
You've got to give it everything you are,
or you're just Wastin' Time
Wastin' Time, yours and mine

solo break

OOOH well you may not be a super star
Well, that's just fine.
Inside you know how good you are,
Babe, you gotta shine, gotta shine
Don't let nobody steal your glow,
Everybody wants to put on a show.
You're head and shoulders above the rest.
You know you can be your very best, if you:

You gotta give it everything
or you're just Wastin' Time (Wastin' Time)
Don't you know?
You've got to give it all that you've got
or you're just Wastin' Time
Wastin' Time, yours and mine
Don't waste it, waste your time
Oh, don't waste it! 
You've only got this moment, baby
Wastin' Time, you're Wastin' Time
Don't Waste your Time
Do your very best, don't Waste your Time

Wastin' Time

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Ava Lemert is a multiple award-winning entertainer, international recording artist, and is also a prolific recognized arranger, producer and composer of hundreds of pieces in many styles from sweeping cinematic themes to historic and exotic world music. Her music has made the GRAMMY Award ballot 7 times, the latest being 2022's "Breaking Away" which made the ballot for "Best Rock Performance." Ava's been releasing her own music for over 13 years now, spanning 9 albums, 2 EPs and 30+ singles. 2022 marked her comeback to actively performing in and around the Greater Sacramento Region. For booking, email: booking@avalemert.com