Singer Mævey and MT Jones are ‘So Glad’ on Baltic Jazz Recordings
Baltic Jazz Recordings, the label set up by the Grammy and Brit Award-winning producer Steve Levine, is specializing in bringing a fresh, modern take to jazz, neo-soul, classic pop and lo-fi beats. Following the warm reception to the label’s first release, single “Forever & A Day“ by MT Jones, they’re back with a new track and artist!
UK soul singer Mævey releases blissed-out new single “So Glad featuring MT Jones”, an international production recorded in Liverpool at producer Steve Levine’s BJR base whilst the horns were laid down in Chicago by Paul Von Mertens at his studio.
The vocal from Mævey is silky smooth whilst the backing vocals from MT Jones and Steve Levine create the perfect base for her to shine. It adds up to another spellbinding addition to the burgeoning Baltic Jazz Recordings catalogue, in keeping with their ethos of taking classic influences and bringing them bang up to date with thrilling and unique productions.
Mævey says about the track: “‘So Glad’ came out of a session in the studio with MT Jones and Baltic Jazz Recordings. We had decided that we would like to write a song together and it just happened in this magic sort of way when all moments align. Mikey said he wanted to write a 6/8 song – a sweet little love shuffle. There’s something that I have noticed in the studio with MT and Steve and that is a word/ hook appears from a moment of play, and it becomes the seed. Once it’s planted, the knowledge of what the song is fully blooms. ‘So Glad’ is a song that knows it’s a love song. It’s nostalgic, tender, honest and so full of heart.”
MT Jones adds: “Writing ‘So Glad’ I found some chords and hummed the chorus section of the tune, with some murmuring of the “I’m so glad that we made it” line. Then we added a sample beat to start with and I built a chord progression around that. Maevey worked through the lyrics while me and Steve built up the track.”
Steve Levine concludes by saying: “The basic songwriting actually did come together relatively quickly once we had the shape of the song and the story ideas. Then it was time to bring in the live musicians – the drums & congas played by Vidar Norheim and this really added to the overall vibe of the track. We kept many of the elements from the original sketch demo, including a couple of the very earliest vocal ideas from both Maevey and MT. I think it’s one of Maevey‘s finest vocal performances to date.”
“So Glad” out digitally on May. 8th 2025 via Baltic Jazz Recordings
