But, if ever there was a JD muse, it’s Wheeler, who leads or co-leads four of the eight smash hit tracks, including the grown and sexy title cut, the smoldering “Natural Thing ” the emotional duet “Considered Delivered (20th Anniversary Mix featuring Gavin Christopher),” and the funky #1 UK Soul hit “Don’t Waste the Pretty (U-Nam remix featuring Glenn Jones).” Wheeler isn’t alone in delivering this soulful abundance. Moving tired bodies and souls into a celebration of movement and life, Tim 'TiO' Owens, U-Nam, and Karen Bernod “Can’t Stop This Dance” even if they wanted to on this bright 20th Anniversary Extended Mix. The joy these songs represent is bittersweet as at least one of its featured collaborators, ‘80s soul great, Gavin Christopher, has since passed on. And, JD’s own health condition, Ménière's Disease, a debilitating illness which causes diminishing hearing loss over time, has worsened since some of JD’s gems from 2006’s Better Days album was first introduced. As a result, revitalizing these jams for this 20th anniversary time capsule took four years, with each tune lovingly reimagined with Day only having partial hearing in one ear. Multifaceted saxophonist Joe Cunningham adds some sinewy spice to Trina Broussard’s sultry “Dance Again," meanwhile, on “RSVP (Liberty Mix feat. Tim “Tio” Owens)” U-Nam slays guitar licks straight out of the Chic playbook as JD’s disco production swirls around Donnie of The Colored Section fame leading an anthemic love chant that has been driving feet to the dance floor for years. Not to be outdone, Tony Terry takes his partner by the hand for a slower kind of hip-to-hip groove in the yearning “Who Can Tell the Heart (20th Anniversary Mix featuring U-Nam).” Each, like all the songs on Rewind..., a classic placed on countless soul compilations around the world, including the Soul Togetherness, Luxury Soul, and The Best of Jazz FM series, to sit alongside hits by Ledisi, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, Lalah Hathaway, Rahsaan Patterson, and Earth Wind and Fire, among others. Several of the songs collected here have enjoyed millions of listens, CD sales, and even vinyl 45s on various boutique European labels. It’s Day’s relationship to life’s joy and pain that has characterized a career that began as a promising dancer in ‘80s New York alongside legendary performers like Willie Ninja and Soul Train’s Tyrone “The Bone” Proctor. A self-taught songwriter, following his Ménière's Disease diagnosis, Day moved on from dance to write for teen pop artists for major labels like Virgin/EMI, MCA/Latino, and Sony/Philippines, as well as grown and sexy music for soap operas like The Young & The Restless, One Life to Live, and Days of Our Lives. John Lennon & Billboard World Songwriting Competitions, and the Abe Olman Scholarship from the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame followed, as did his signing with what was then the UK’s #1 Soul Music Label, Expansion Records, for the release of Day’s first official independent album release, Better Days. The result was Day’s first #1 UK Soul hit, “Don’t Waste the Pretty.” More hits would join it on R&B charts by Sirius/XM, Music Choice, and U.S. Smooth Jazz and R&B Radio, leading to a Soul Café People’s Choice Award, an Indie Soul Grammy, and multiple SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards nominations with one hard earned win for “Song of the Year” with “Love By Design (feat. Glenn Jones and Regina Belle).” Nine LPs/EPs and over 77 music credits later, Day has written and produced powerhouse collaborators like Regina Belle, Maysa Leaks, Frank McComb, Lalah Hathaway, Gordon Chambers, Sheléa Frazier, and Cleveland P. Jones, artists drawn to this inspiring man who every day has choses joy over despair by making memorable music across multiple genres that, much like their artist, represents an indefatigable hope in love, life, and better days ahead.