Ella Jet
I caught Ella Jet and Future Soul at the Gasparilla Arts Festival main stage this past March and knew I had to have them on our Summer House concert series.
Ella’s been a musical force since she was 12 years old, and I’m thrilled we are finally getting this 21-year-old sensation into the Side Door.
Future Soul showcases Ella along with her very groove-oriented band. I picked up lots of soul, Steely Dan, and even some jazz and hip hop influences that are blended with Ella’s sultry, powerful voice and Sade-like stage presence.
Ella Jet and Future Soul appear Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. in the intimate Side Door Cabaret at the Palladium. For tickets and information, you can follow this link.
If you’re not familiar with Ella and her music, here’s some background from her website. If you visit the website, you’ll see rave reviews from lots of media outlets.
ELLA JET AND FUTURE SOUL
Ella Jet and Future Soul wants to bring out the strongest and inner-most human emotions through their music. With passion, through heartbreak, comes lyrically driven songs that have a deeper meaning, and are backed by a unique soulful groove. Constantly pushing their limits, you will not find them boxed in by musical or societal standards. Their overall theme of love will leave you recharged, enlightened and connected to your higher self.
Ella Jet Vessenmeyer has been a fixture on Tampa Bay’s music scene ever since she was 12 years old, and performing in front of studio audiences at age 9. In 2014, at just 16, she was selected into the prestigious Grammy Museum’s Music Revolution Project at Ruth Eckerd Hall which landed her opening slots for We The Kings, Emily Kinney, In The Valley Below and Never Shout Never.
In December of 2016, she began to experiment with a new sound and formed her own band appropriately called FUTURE SOUL. The new sound combines old school soul with a new school vibe. It blends progressive blues and rock n’ roll, a little taste of jazz, some hip-hop grooves, all mixed into a melting pot of a enigmatic sound. The band doesn’t sound like anyone else on the music scene and their live performances have matured into something that is felt as much as it is heard.
Like the music of John Lennon, the music is raw and very personal, fragile yet and intense. Let Ella Jet & Future Soul take you on a trip high in the clouds floating inside a dream. Dillon Reeder handles the back-beat on drums, Levi Foe is beside him with deep bass-grooves, Zach West provides sweet melodies on the keys, Kevin Mendel rocks with sustain and distortion on the lead guitar, and Ella Jet is the center of it all on rhythm guitar and lead vocals.
Since forming, they have been performing non-stop with slots at Gasparilla Music Fest, Orange Blossom Jamboree, Hometeam New Years Rally, Suwannee Rising and direct support for legendary acts such as Alessia Cara, Warren Hayes’ last waltz tour, Norah Jones, Jackson Browne, Brit Floyd and The Main Squeeze.
Ella Jet’s debut EP “Black Wave Diary” was released in 2018 and can be found below. The songs reflect heavy lyrical subject matter: songs about teenage pain, addiction, abandonment and family dysfunction with powerful intense grooves underneath. And in a whirlwind, her new band is currently recording the follow up full-length album called “Love Sound” at Zen Recording Studios which is to be released Summer of 2019.
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