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| This is a pre-release version, which is what I release when Irvin is taking too long with helping me complete the tracks. We will be adding sax by Paul Russo and bass/guitar by "the pacemaker", Robert Pace. Check it out! You might just have to download it twice. :) |
CD: TBA
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Smooth remake of the classic song by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell...neosoul of the past! |
Label: Pax Stereo
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| This is the instrumental of a song we also did with Richard Dedeaux of the Watts Prophets (www.mp3.com/dedeaux). It features a soulful, stirring performance by Paul Russo on saxophone. This one will move you. |
CD: TBA
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Smooth sensitive ballad written along with Gordon Jones, one of our regular collaborators. Features Madame Indica Oshun on lead vocals. This is a preview, we are currently completing the final mixdown. Look for it soon. New CD expected early in 2001. |
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CD: TBA
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written by Irvin Foster, Mario Hemsley, & Gordon Jones |
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| This song was written a number of years ago, and is currently being prepared for release. This smooth vocal ballad is a preview version only. Final mixdown due shortly. Features Madame Indica Oshun (www.mp3.com/indica)on lead vocals. |
MP3.com CD: The Other Stuff (Not On A CD) - buy it!
CD: TBA
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| This track was recorded live @ the Pax Stereo Jazzamatazz 2000 Showcase on July 29th, 2000. Features Paul Russo on saxophone, Lorraine Williams & Indica Oshun on vocals. |
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CD: The Other Stuff ( Not On A CD)
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written and arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| This groovin', jazzy piece is actually the song that got Irvin and I writing together. You got to check out Paul Russo on the sax on this track. Strong vocal work by Lorraine Williams. Excellent bass and guitar by Robert Pace, the "pacemaker", who cowrote this song. Check out Pace (www.mp3.com/pacemaker), here at MP3.com. |
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MP3.com CD: Jazzamatazz - buy it!
CD: Jazzamatazz
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| This is a very personal song to me, and features an excellent performance by Kitra Williams. It is intended as a motivational piece, dedicated to all of us trying to gather the internal strength to make a change. I cried when I wrote these lyrics. - Mario |
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CD: Believer
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Another track dealing with the need to show and give love. Strong vocals by Edward Simpson. One of our most popular songs. |
MP3.com CD: Love Songs? - buy it!
MP3.com CD: Premier Collection - buy it!
CD: Love Songs?
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| From The Hemsley-Foster Project 2,"Simply Silence" poetically states the harm of miscommunications in a modern relationship. "...it hurts the things you say with simply silence." Strong vocals by Edward Simpson add to the mellow music arrangement by Irvin Foster and Mario Hemsley. |
MP3.com CD: Love Songs? - buy it!
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CD: Love Songs?
Label: Pax Stereo (www.paxstereo.com)
Credits: Written and arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Smooth jazzy vocal song about patterns in relationship. Excellent vocal performance by Edward Simpson, with superb accompaniment by Irvin Foster on keyboards and Robert Pace on bass and guitar. (One of my favorite arrangements by us. - Mario) |
MP3.com CD: Love Songs? - buy it!
MP3.com CD: Premier Collection - buy it!
CD: Love Songs?
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Smooth, jazzy, with a spiritual message. We just had to include this song on the Believer CD. Paul Russo is excellent on soprano sax, and this is probably one of my best mixes. (By the way, you know you can blame me for any of the mixes. Irvin does...just kidding! -Mario) |
MP3.com CD: Believer - buy it!
CD: Believer
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| This is the title song from the first CD. It really states the theme of our journey in general. It is about the process of coming to "believe", and all the joys that it may bring. Lead vocals by Kitra Williams. |
MP3.com CD: Believer - buy it!
CD: Believer
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Soulful, upbeat, strong vocals with a positive message. Features Kitra Williams on lead vocals. One of our most popular tunes. |
MP3.com CD: Premier Collection - buy it!
MP3.com CD: Believer - buy it!
CD: Believer
Label: Pax Stereo (www.paxstereo.com)
Credits: Written and arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| A soulful song of committment and its redemption. Features outstanding vocals by Edward Simpson. |
MP3.com CD: Premier Collection - buy it!
MP3.com CD: Believer - buy it!
CD: Believer
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: The Hemsley-Foster Project |
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| This smooth jazz instrumental tune showcases Irvin jamming along with saxophonist Paul Russo. Definitely a song for crusin' the highway! |
MP3.com CD: Believer - buy it!
CD: Believer
Label: Pax Stereo
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| Almost instrumental, jazzy, mellow and motivational. |
MP3.com CD: Believer - buy it!
CD: Believer
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| The title track from the project's 3rd CD. This one is instrumental R&B Jazz Fusion with a Hip Hop Beat. You can really groove to this while cruisin' down Crenshaw Boulevard. |
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CD: Jazzamatazz
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| This smooth moving song features vocals by Kitra Williams and a strong saxophone solo by Paul Russo. It deals with the universal nature of struggle, and the ironies of its persistence. |
MP3.com CD: Believer - buy it!
CD: Believer
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written by Mario Hemsley & Gordon Jones. Arranged & performed by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Ol' skool jazzy vocals by Lady Lorraine, with another strong sax performance by Paul Russo. Deals with the difference between needs and wants. |
MP3.com CD: Love Songs? - buy it!
CD: Love Songs?
Label: Pax Stereo
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| Groovin' and jazzy. Dedicated to the cool ol' skool brothers. Vocal version due in 2001. |
MP3.com CD: The Other Stuff (Not On A CD) - buy it!
CD: The Other Stuff (Not On A CD)
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Smooth and jazzy. Strong bass and guitar work by Robert Pace. Check out Robert on the guitar synth at track beginning. |
MP3.com CD: Jazzamatazz - buy it!
CD: Jazzamatazz
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| This track is actually from a rehearsal. We were never able to get the original group together to redo the recording, but we liked to duet by Edward Simpson and Lorraine Williams so much that we had to release it. |
MP3.com CD: Love Songs? - buy it!
CD: Love Songs?
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| This "happy" song celebrates the joy of perseverence in a relationship. Strong vocal performance by Lorraine Williams. |
MP3.com CD: Love Songs? - buy it!
CD: Love Songs?
Label: Pax Stereo
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| This smooth instrumental jam falls right into what we consider the "Hemsley Foster Sound." This version is instrumental, although there are lyrics, and a vocal rendition is planned for 2001. "Won't you just admit it, now I know you did it. Won't you just admit it, I caught your hands in the cookie jar..." |
MP3.com CD: Jazzamatazz - buy it!
CD: Jazzamatazz
Label: Pax Stereo
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| This sensitive instrumental stirs dreams and memories of loves still remembered and dear. Vocal version planned for 2001. |
MP3.com CD: The Other Stuff (Not On A CD) - buy it!
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| Groovin' jazz track based on a hip hop loop. Vocal version due in 2001. |
MP3.com CD: The Other Stuff (Not On A CD) - buy it!
CD: The Other Stuff ( Not On A CD)
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Mellow, smooth, and instrumental. Vocal version due in 2001. |
MP3.com CD: Jazzamatazz - buy it!
CD: Jazzamatazz
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written by Mario Hemsley, Irvin Foster, and Gordon Jones |
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| This is the instrumental track for a new vocal version yet to be released. If you would like to hear the original, you can listen to the version, captured during the writing/recording session. The original features our family member, Edward Simpson, who cowrote this tune. As you can tell by the title, this songs reminds us we are all in God's hands. |
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| This song has a latin/worldmusic type of feel. We were actually writing about the process of naming a child. Andalwishe means "God has shown me the way." This song is instrumental and meant for easy listening. |
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| This is another song that displays our stretch into other areas of music. Here we were working with a bossa nova rhythm track. This is also the track used to record Richard Dedeaux's "Leave Me", which is on the "Afterthoughts" CD. The CD was music on the CD was all written & arranged by us. |
MP3.com CD: Jazzamatazz - buy it!
CD: Jazzamatazz
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & arranged by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Recorded live at Nyala's in 1993. |
MP3.com CD: Live @ Nyala's - buy it!
CD: Live @ Nyala's
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| This instrumental jazzy track still doesn't have a name. The title means it is "number 21 new song for 1994." Strong performance by Robert Pace on bass and guitar. |
MP3.com CD: Jazzamatazz - buy it!
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| On Tuesday, June 2, 1993, Mario Hemsley and Irvin Foster, at the continued request of friends and promoters Eric and De'Bora Griffin, gathered their friends and presented the first live performance of The Hemsley-Foster Project. In the tradition of non-performing groups such as Steely Dan, Mario and Irvin had recently shunned the stage, turning instead to the recording studio. Taking their studio team to the stage presented a new challenge to the songwriting/production team, but they were more than equal to the task. Featuring original music, written and arranged by "the project", the Nyala's performance was the first glimpse of one of the up and coming adult contemporary songwriting teams of the 90's. Check out this bit of musical history, The Hemsley-Foster Project goes live! |
MP3.com CD: Live @ Nyala's - buy it!
CD: Live @ Nyala's
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| Upbeat tune featuring longtime associate Madell Williams on lead vocals. As always, the pacemaker (Robert Pace)keeps it groovin'. |
MP3.com CD: Love Songs? - buy it!
CD: Love Songs?
Label: Pax Stereo
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| Recorded live at Nyala's in June, 1993. |
MP3.com CD: Live @ Nyala's - buy it!
CD: Live @ Nyala's
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| Recorded live at Nyala's, June,1993. |
MP3.com CD: Live @ Nyala's - buy it!
CD: Live @ Nyala's
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written by Mario Hemsley & Gordon Jones. Arranged & performed by Mario Hemsley & Irvin Foster |
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| Recorded live at Nyalas in June, 1993. This version features Lorraine Williams on lead vocals. |
MP3.com CD: Live @ Nyala's - buy it!
CD: Live @ Nyala's
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| Upbeat, funky tune. Again, one of my original tunes that was redone by the "project." The original will be posted soon, and you can see the difference that arranging with Irvin brings. - Mario |
MP3.com CD: Love Songs? - buy it!
CD: Love Songs?
Label: Pax Stereo
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| Recorded live at Nyala's in 1993. |
MP3.com CD: Live @ Nyala's - buy it!
CD: Live @ Nyala's
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| This funky dance number was recorded live in 1993, this song was actually written by Mario long before he met Irvin. This version is the "project" version of the song. |
MP3.com CD: Live @ Nyala's - buy it!
CD: Live @ Nyala's
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| Recorded live at Nyala's in 1993. This song visits the idea of how far, and how low, one would go for love. |
CD: Live @ Nyala's
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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MP3.com CD: Live @ Nyala's - buy it!
CD: Live @ Nyala's
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Written & Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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| A soulful smooth jazz version of the christmas classic by the Hemsley Foster Project. |
MP3.com CD: The Other Stuff (Not On A CD) - buy it!
Label: Pax Stereo
Credits: Arranged by Irvin Foster & Mario Hemsley |
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