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On December 6, 2010, Tessanne released her independent debut album available for digital download entitled In Between Words. Other works include a live performance of "You and Me" written and performed with her older sister Tami Chynn. Other noted tracks by Tessanne are remakes of songs by other famous artists and bands such as Foreigner's " I Want to Know What Love Is," The Who's " Love, Reign o'er Me," Katy Perry's " Firework," and Phish's "Free." A remake of Bob Marley's " Could You Be Loved," which Tessanne performed with her band Mile High, also circulated through the internet early in 2006.
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"By My Side" was featured in the soundtrack of Robert Townsend's series "Diary of a Single Mom" starring Monica Calhoun, Leon, and Billy Dee Williams. Tessanne has collaborated with fellow Jamaican artists Shaggy ("Never Let Go") and Protoje ("Someone Like You"), the Trinidad and Tobago soca band Kes ("Loving You") and was featured in a track by the legendary Jamaican band Third World, titled "By My Side." She appeared as a special guest of Third World at the Highline Ballroom in New York City in April 2011. She has performed at several live shows, including The Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival 2006, Reggae Sumfest 2007 & 2012, the Deck Cafe, The Port Royal Music Festival, ABC Slim Traxx, and her very own show "Arabian Night." After "Hideaway," she has released two more singles, "Messenger" and "Black Books," both available online on " In Between Words". The song was also featured on VP Records' Reggae Gold 2007. Both the single and its music video were popular. Her 2006 debut single, " Hideaway" received heavy rotation on Caribbean radio and select stations in New York. Guitarist Rudy Valentino and drummer Paul " GrooveGalore" KasticK were her producers for her 2010 independent debut album In Between Words. After going on tour for three years with Jimmy Cliff as a back-up singer, she decided to launch her solo career.Īfter Tessanne left Mile High, she began writing songs for her first album. Their style, "rock reggae," was unique and distinct. Upon her return to Jamaica, Chin joined the Jamaican rock band Mile High and performed for crowds at many local venues including Jazzfest, Rockfest, and RETV Unplugged.
Tessanne married long-time boyfriend and broadcaster Michael Anthony Cuffe Jr in 2011.After four years of marriage, the couple confirmed that they were having marital problems. She coped with the move by devoting a lot of time to writing songs. Tessanne learned firsthand about cultural diversity when she moved to England at age 12.
Most of her vocal coaching came from her mother, as well as noted vocal coach Lecie Wright. Tessanne started performing when she was six years old with Cathy Levy's Little People and Teen Players Club, one of Jamaica's top performing arts schools. The family has a recording studio in their home in Jamaica. Her mother was the trumpeter and singer in The Carnations and her father was the band's drummer. Tessanne was introduced to music at a very early age by her parents. Her cousin Jay Hall is a vocalist and guitarist with UK rockers Grassroutes (and previously The Royal Players), and Jay's brother Leon is a vocalist with ska-fusion act Electrik Custard. Her parents were in a band called The Carnations and her older sister Tami Chynn is also a singer. Her father, Richard Chin, is of Jamaican Chinese descent and her mother, Christine Chin, also a Jamaican national, is of English and African descent.
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