Ndegéocello Me'Shell
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Ndegéocello Me'Shell

Me'Shell Ndegéocello grew up in Washington, D.C. in the late 1960s, with a jazz guitarist father and a mother who played gospel and soul records. She started...

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Me'Shell Ndegéocello's quiet, restless sound

A bassist and singer who blends jazz, soul, and hip-hop into something entirely her own.

For a quick sense of her, try 'Andromeda & The Milky Way' or 'Bitter.' They're both from that later period, and they hold that same quiet, searching quality.

She came up in D.C. and Boston in the early '90s, pulling from her father's jazz guitar and her mother's gospel records. That mix shows up in songs like 'Andromeda & The Milky Way' and 'Bitter,' where the bass lines feel conversational and the vocals never quite settle. It's a sound that's hard to pin down, which is the point.

Her debut 'Plantation Lullabies' arrived in 1993 with 'Daddy's Girl.' Later albums like 'Peace Beyond Passion' and 'Bitter' followed, and she kept recording after a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2008, often with a steady band including Chris Bruce and Kevin Kendrick.

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Me'Shell Ndegéocello grew up in Washington, D.C. in the late 1960s, with a jazz guitarist father and a mother who played gospel and soul records. She started playing professionally in Boston during the early 1990s, working open mics and small clubs where she developed a sound that pulled from jazz, soul, and hip-hop.

Her debut album 'Plantation Lullabies' came out in 1993, and it included the single 'Daddy's Girl.' Later records like 'Peace Beyond Passion' and 'Bitter' followed, with songs such as 'Let Me Have You,' 'Faithful,' and 'Andromeda & The Milky Way' showing her range as a writer and performer.

In 2008 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but she kept recording and playing with a core band that included Chris Bruce on drums, Kevin Kendrick on keys, and Mike Scott on guitar.

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