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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Resurrected from 1987! Why this wasn't a bigger hit when it was originally released by Jody Whatley and George Michael at the time, I don't know! I heard it on YouTube and thought, "Wow, another fantastic sleeper from the 80's to go with 'Take It Easy', I gotta do a version of this!"
So, here you have it, my own "spin" (bad turntable pun, I know)on the song, this time, the duet is me and Smokey the sax!

Learn to Say No

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Learn To Say No

NEW MIX! And since I added more sax parts, it's the "Very Hornee Mix" this is just a fun track, it's even got pop and hiss from a turn table to give it that vintage 45 vibe! This will get you... happy... everything else, is UP to you (wink).

Louis' Funk

Louis' Funk (Very Hornee Mix)

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Bouncy, funky, and catchy. Ava shows off her alto and tenor saxophone chops on this peppy instrumental groove. Featured on this track is the phased, funky clavinet by Wil Blades ( https://soundcloud.com/wil-blades ), an internationally-acclaimed master of the B-3 organ. The hook, with the 70’s throwback string hits, and four-part saxophone riff will stick with you and get your toes tapping along. “Jubilee” celebrates the 100th year of Selmer Saxophones, Ava’s beloved horns of choice. It might remind one of the great instrumentals from George Benson, or Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra.

Jubilee

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>>>> 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

Diamond in the Dirt

Gimme Summa Sumthin

The Best of My Love

Suavecito

Summer Funkin'

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62nd GRAMMY Awards Entry, considered for Best R&B Song

This is my party song! During the lockdown in 2020, I was using a short version of this to open my FriYAY Nite LIVE Shows, you can see them here: bit.ly/YTAvaReplays

LYRICS:

{spoken:} 1 2 123...
(la-la la la la, la la la la, la lah)
Gotta get up, Gotta get up
Gotta get up to get down
(la-la la la la, la la la la, la lah)

Gotta get up, Gotta get up
Gotta get up to get down, babe
(la-la la la la, la la la la, la lah)
come on come on yeah
(la-la la la la, la la la la, la lah)

VERSE:
oh!
this week is too long,
yes it is...
I miss my baby
at night, 
we gotta
take
it easy
yes we do,
yes we do, yeah
We gotta work
we got so much work
to do, yeah.

We've gotta
keep it goin'
We gotta 
keep
Goin' on
keep on goin'
keep on goin' yeah

But we know
the weekend comes...
and we gonna get it on, yeah
So hold on tight
leave on the light
Babe, I'm coming home!

This Friday feelin'
yeah, well
it's got me dreamin'
of all the fun
it's just begun, 
This Friday feelin'!!!

Come on!
YES IT'S TIME FOR US
TO GET THE WEEKEND ON...
ON AND ON
LET'S GO OUT AND HAVE 
OURSELVES A LITTLE FUN!!
WE'RE GONNA DANCE ALL NIGHT
THEN MAKE OUT IN THE SUN,OOH YEAH
AND WHEN THE SUNDAY COMES
WE'LL STILL BE GOIN' STRONG!

This Friday feelin'
has got me dreamin'
of all the fun things we will do
Let's go and pour some wine,
we'll have a real good time
I want to party here with you!!!
yeah!
(la-la la la la, la la la la, la lah)

Gotta get up, Gotta get up
Gotta get up to get down
(la-la la la la, la la la la, la lah)

Gotta get up, Gotta get up, now...
Gotta get up to get down
(la-la la la la, la la la la, la lah)

OHHHH I WANNA DANCE WITH YOU!!!

This Friday feelin'
has got me dreamin'
of all the fun things we will do

Let's go and pour some wine,
we'll have a real good time
I want to party here with you!!!

END TAG: "GET THE WEEKEND ON!"

Ava's Groove

Get the Weekend On

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Originally, I was just playing this song at gigs as a sax feature (instrumental), then the hook came right to me when I was rehearsing it, and our Annie, the siamese cat, came into my studio, waddled and was giving me an earful of her cross-eyed sass! The rest, came pretty quickly, and it went on to be about the "girl next door" and who doesn't want to be like "Lil' Miss Annie Sunshine"? amiright?

LYRICS:

Here in my neighborhood
there's a girl we all know
pretty as she can be
pure as the driven snow

A smile like the sun
and a mind so bright
she's got it all, that girl
yeah,
You know, my girl's alright
Here's what we call her
 (around the hood, y'all)

**chorus**
SHE'S 
LIL' MISS ANNIE,
LIL' MISS ANNIE SUNSHINE,
LIL MISS ANNIE, (oh-ho, yea yeah)
LIL' MISS ANNIE, 
she's
LIL' MISS ANNIE SUNSHINE
  (oh, whoa oh)

When she walks and she
talks in the room,
we all know it's understood
 (it's understood, yeah)
she's lookin good from her
head to her to her toes
Everybody knows the score
THERE'S NO DENYING

**chorus**

SAX SOLO

**chorus**

All the girls wanna be like her
They all love her Sassy Style
And the boys all want to meet her
So they STOP and smile, all the while
hoping...

**chorus**

That girl, well she's so sweet
NOBODY MESS WITH HER!
  (don't mess with Annie)
Her hair and her dress so neat
All the girls admire her,
all the men want her, she's

** Chorus**
Look at her, wanting her
needing her, want to be
just like her
Wanting her,
Needing her...
Oh that girl,
There's no denying...

SHE'S LIL MISS ANNIE!

Lil' Miss Annie Sunshine

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This is my funk, and it's a doosy. Crazy horn riffs, are outrageous and STANKY. Deep organ and some saucy bass, with a nice laid back funky drum kit. Add some really funky clavichord, some wah, phasers set to STUN!

Ava's Funk

GRAMMY CONSIDERED SONG! https://ffm.to/avasgroove <== STREAM/BUY HERE

61st GRAMMY AWARDS - R&B - Traditional R&B Single
Artist(s)/Group Name: Ava Lemert
Single Title: Red Soul Shoes
ISRC: QZ5AB2038296
UPC: 616576953420
Composer/Lyricist (Songwriter): Ava Lynn Lemert (BMI IPI/CAE # 553955029)
Publisher: Ava Lemert Music (BMI IPI/CAE # 590368918) 	
BPM: 83
Key: C Major

ABOUT "RED SOUL SHOES"

Playful, sexy and very funky, Ava Lemert, the Singing Saxstress has done it all on this one, from the wah-wah tenor sax groans to the lusty powerful lead vocal and all those sweet, soulful backing harmonies and music, it's a "story song" with benefits!

LYRICS:

He saw her
Walking up 5th Avenue
She was wearing
Wearing those
Red Soul Shoes
 (Red Soul Shoes)

Well, he knew he had to have her
Could not live without her, 
Wearing those
Red Soul Shoes

Hey there, pretty lady
Can you come   and  take me home?
With your Red Soul Shoes

In his mind,
He was pouring her wine
Wearing those
Red Soul Shoes

Yes.
His mind was racin'
It was her he was chasin'
Wearing those
Red Soul Shoes

(8 bar sax solo)

Don't let her walk away
Think of something good to say
to the lady
Wearing Red Soul Shoes

OO! What a vision
IT's time for a quick decision
Do or Die
Red Soul Shoes

Suddenly, to his surprise
he was met, eye to eye
by that lady
in her Red Soul Shoes

"I'd like to grab a coffee,
would you like to come and join me?"
in my
in my Red Soul Shoes

Hey there, boy! (hey there, boy)
I know you like it
like my  Red Soul
Red Soul Shoes
oh my Red Soul Shoes (Red Soul Shoes)
oh yeah, they're high, high HIGH
My Red Red Red Soul Shoes

Hey, would you like to
Join me, boy, wearing my
Red Soul Shoes

Maybe later
We can ride my elevator
Wearing my
Red Soul Shoes

Would you like to join me?
oh, I know you're feelin'

oh,  feelin' my Red Soul Shoes
oh, my Red Soul Shoes, Ha!
Oh I'm wearing them,
I know you like them
My, my, my, my 
Red Soul Shoes
Yeah, Yeah
Watch 'em go CLICK!
Oh
Yeah
Red Soul Shoes

Red Soul Shoes (5th Ave. Mix)

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Written by LaWanda Macik & Stuart Moore 
LaWanda gave me the unique honor of being the artist she wanted to make a recording of her song, written with funky mult-instrumentalist also here in #sacramento Stuart Moore, who I've had the honor of knowing for many years now.
I'd love for him to work with me on my songs, but he's a busy super star on his own!

Uh, yeah, it's a very sexy song. If this is played while being in the mood, I can't guarantee you won't be engaging in activities involving, say... candles, bubble bath, ruffled hair, sheets, etc (wink). Be prepared. You and your lover have been warned (another wink)

Rock My Body

Who doesn't love Lenny Kravitz, ammiright? This is my uniquely "Singing Saxstress™" take on his Funk Rock song, my arrangement has funky horns (of course) and features a nearly 100 year old Buescher alto saxophone! Grampa-Sax can still get FONKY! This has also become a staple of my live performances at Ettore's here in #sacramento 

SEE ME PERFORM HERE IN SACTOWN! http://bit.ly/AvaBIT - FOLLOW ME!

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Written by: Saul Hudson/Lenny Kravitz

Always on the Run

Title track from my 9th album, released on my birthday, 7/19/2019
"Ava's Groove" - breezy, happy, and oh so laid back FUNKY. I'm playing all instruments here, the lead is a greasy-good Hammond B-3 organ, sweet little celestina, pizzicato playful flits of strings, it's got a day at the beach, or top-down sunshine cruise vibe. Try it, I bet you'll be tapping the steering wheel and grinning ear to ear behind it!

!!! FEBRUARY 2022 BEST POP SONG AWARD-WINNER !!!
https://www.theakademia.com/awards/2022/AvaLemert-TodayIsMyDay-0000351988.html

This is as of today, my favorite song that I've written! "Today Is My Day!" was re-imagined after being discovered on an old cassette tape of demo songs I made nearly 30 years ago! It has a new theme, new lyrics, a whole new middle 8 section, and a very different sound and production! Let me know if you'd be interested in hearing the old original, it's rough, but might be interesting to hear where some of my old songs that I've "rebirthed" since my return to my music-making, sound like? The song was originally "You're What I Want" and it was about being frustrated with not getting a response from a "love interest." Well, there are lots of those, and it struck me, that in January when this was started in the production phase, that I should completely rethink and update the song's lyrics and feel. So, after it took me a while to get the old words out of my mind, I thought, "What do I need, what does the world need now? A song of empowerment, of hope, and inner strength for these times."
There you have it, from there, it was pretty easy, just a few tweaks to get the hook and verses, but they tumbled out, once I got the hook, I felt pretty positive. That's a good sign, don't you agree?
I hope you'll like it so far, and maybe even help me get it out to the world, share it and let people who might get a lift from it, to find me, listen and see if it helps!
Thank you for your support and time :-)
Ava

LYRICS:
oh yeah...  feels so good!
 Let me tell you what is real
 this ELATION that I feel
 time’s really on my side
Won’t let this moment pass me by, Oh, no!
 Everything’s going my way, feel so good
You know it makes me wanna say..,well

I’ve made up my mind!
TODAY IS MY DAY!  
TODAY IS MY DAY!

No turning back,  changes are good
They always seem to turn out like they should
Moving up,   move ahead,
Lights are green,   nothing’s red
Giving’ up, ain‘t my style
Face the world with a smile, You know it,

I’ve made up my mind!
TODAY IS MY DAY!
TODAY IS MY DAY!

  SAX SOLO

Gonna prove that I can do it
when it comes down to it
got a faith in myself, don’t need fame
don’t need wealth...
not gonna...sit on the shelf, you know i’m
gonna do it myself, YEAH! 
I don’t need help from no one else,
I’ve got it all within me, all in my soul,

I’ve made up my mind!
TODAY IS MY DAY!
 Mm, yeah,  no denying,  [today is my day}
would be lyin’ ...gonna keep on tryin’  TODAY IS MY DAY! 
Grab the bull by the horns!  TODAY IS MY DAY!
Wanna scream, wanna shout, let it all out  [today is my day} 
ooh! ‘Feel so good, gonna tell the world [today is my day}
[END TAG:] TODAY IS MY DAY!

Today Is My Day!

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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