Genres: Urban, Contemporary Jazz, Acid Jazz, Smooth Jazz Active: 90's, 2000's Born: in Atlanta, GA
Jaguar Wright, Jill Scott, Macy Gray, Samantha Siva, Erykah Badu, Jhelisa, Nicolette, Lauryn Hill, Lisa Stansfield, Crystal Waters, Mary J. Blige, Caron Wheeler, Sade, Patrice Rushen, Mica Paris, Loose Ends |  |
N'Dea Davenport is best-known for the four years she spent with the Brand New Heavies, a predominantly British, London-based retro-soul/funk outfit that was quite popular in Great Britain in the '90s, but recalled '70s favorites like Tower of Power, the Average White Band, Earth, Wind & Fire and Rufus & Chaka Khan. Because Davenport has been closely identified with the United Kingdom's R&B scene, she has often been compared to British R&B artists like Mica Paris, Lisa Stansfield, and Caron Wheeler (formerly of Soul II Soul). But unlike those artists, Davenport didn't grow up in England -- or anywhere else in the U.K. -- she is actually an American singer who was born and raised in Atlanta, where she was influenced by American soul goddesses like Chaka Khan, Teena Marie, Minnie Riperton, and Deniece Williams, among others. As a young adult, Davenport moved to Los Angeles in the '80s -- and that was where she met Michael C. Ross and Matt Dike, the owners of Delicious Vinyl Records.
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Release: January 6, 2004
Label: Phantom Import Distribution, V2 Records
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