“I have always loved the songs of Ashford and
Simpson and have always been inspired by the genius of their musical
contributions to American culture,” says Terri Lyne Carrington. “I knew I
wanted to include something of theirs on this CD, as The Mosaic Project: LOVE
and SOUL pays tribute to many male artists and composers that have inspired or
influenced me. I was between “Somebody Told A Lie” and “Send It” because I felt
like both could possibly lend themselves to a jazz influenced approach, but
“Somebody Told a Lie” won out. I asked Valerie Simpson to sing it on the CD and
was quite nervous about playing the demo for her, but in the end, she liked it
and I was extremely honored to have her sing it on the CD. It’s an important
addition because it helped to shape the direction of the entire project. This
song also features
“‘Somebody Told A Lie’ is the song that Terri
Lyne rearranged and produced in her own inimitable style,” says Simpson. “She
gave it another treatment and that’s what a songwriter wants—you want a new
treatment, it already exist in its old form, so why do that again. She took it to a whole new place, I love it.”
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