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

Ava's Picks!

Some samples of my versions of favorite tunes, I perform these live! Please contact me if you are interested in booking me for your events http://www.AvaLemert.com/contact

Cover Tunes I Perform:

!!!! 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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>>>> 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

My version of the Sam Cooke classic. I believe in it, the words, the universal need and gravity of the meaning, I hope with my voice and my saxophone expressing the song, that you feel how much this means to me. I have wanted to try for many years, afraid of not being able to do this immortal song of hope well-enough to present to the world. I'm coming closer to my own Spirituality, in accepting what I cannot change, and letting God do the heavy lifting in my career and my life. I performed this at a Women's Spiritual retreat and it was the most amazing experience I've had so far. I want more of it. I humbly submit this effort to you. I hope you like it. <3 Ava

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A Change Is Gonna Come

I heard this song, and it moved me so much, it took me a while to do it without completely cracking. I did this because, well, I am a Motherless Child. The music really came out well, I made it with my KeyRig and the great instruments I have sampled, these are my favorite orchestral patches used in my arrangement. Yes, I am not just a singer. I make the music as often as I can because I can afford my own time :-)
So it made sense to me to group with it, my song written for my Mom, Annette and also having just lost one of my greatest influences, Etta James also to cancer just this week, I recorded a new version of "At Last" I haven't figured out artwork yet. I'll get back to you on it. Thanks for checking it out :-) Ava

At Last

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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

A quick demo of one of the new cover songs I'm adding to my 2016 live shows. If you are booking, contact me directly at ava@avalemert.com from Cheryl Crow to Ella Fitzgerald, I gotcha covered, plus my own creations not found anywhere else!

The First Cut is the Deepest

For booking purposes: this is a demonstration of my original production and arrangement of the Eurythmics' hit, "Right By Your Side" lead vocal and sax will be played LIVE in front of your audience! Book me for your venue or special occasion ava@avalemert.com or http://avalemert.com/contact

Right By Your Side (SAMPLE)

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