Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Chiara Civello - Canzoni

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:44
Size: 160,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:51)  1. Via con me
(3:34)  2. Io che non vivo senza te
(4:25)  3. Con una rosa
(4:29)  4. Che me importa el mundo
(5:22)  5. Va bene va bene così
(4:26)  6. Io che amo solo te
(4:04)  7. Never Never Never
(4:13)  8. Metti una sera a cena
(3:27)  9. Una sigaretta
(3:52) 10. Fortissimo
(4:17) 11. Incantevole
(4:01) 12. E penso a te
(4:18) 13. Il Mondo
(3:31) 14. Senza fine
(4:28) 15. I mulini dei ricordi
(4:08) 16. Mentre tutto scorre
(3:18) 17. Arrivederci

Originally from Rome but now based in New York City, Italian singer/songwriter Chiara Civello is an eclectic, far-reaching artist who brings a variety of pop, jazz, cabaret and Latin influences to the table. Although Civello has performed straight-ahead jazz in the past, she is not a full-time jazz singer or a bebop purist by any means; stylistically, much of the material she has recorded for Verve is closer to Sade, Basia, Norah Jones, Nellie McKay (minus the eccentricity and sharp-tongued humor) or Rickie Lee Jones than it is to hardcore jazz vocalists like Abbey Lincoln, Sheila Jordan and Kitty Margolis. But the jazz influence is almost always present in Civello's pop recordings and since her arrival in the United States, she has crossed paths with major jazz musicians like alto saxophonist Phil Woods and guitarist Mike Stern. Listing all of Civello's influences could be time-consuming; Civello gives the impression that along the way, she has listened to everyone from Joni Mitchell, Sade and Sting to Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London and Billie Holiday. Brazilian jazz and pop is also a strong influence on Civello, who is obviously well aware of Brazilian greats such as Astrud Gilberto, Gal Costa, Ivan Lins and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Although Civello grew up in a country where Italian is the primary language, much of her writing has been in English. Civello, in fact, has been singing and writing in at least four languages English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish and when she performs in English, Civello sings with only a slight trace of an Italian accent. Her command of the English language is excellent, and her accent is beneficial in that it gives her performances a great deal of character.

Civello was still living in Italy when, at the age of 17, she was hired to perform as a featured vocalist for the Mario Raja Big Bang (as opposed to Mario Raja Big Band). After that, she was employed by Italian jazz drummer Roberto Gatto, who is well-known in Italy and included her in his group the Noisemakers. In 1993, Civello moved to Boston after being awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music and by the time she graduated from Berklee in 1998, Civello had received a Boston Jazz Society Award as well as a Cleo Laine Award. In 2000, she left Boston for New York City, where she met veteran producer Russ Titelman, who has worked with a long list of major artists that includes, among others, Paul Simon, Rickie Lee Jones, Randy Newman, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor and Brazilian star Milton Nascimento. Titelman went on to produce a demo for Civello and introduced her to Ron Goldstein, president and CEO of the Verve Music Group, and Goldstein ended up offering her a contract. Titelman also introduced Civello to veteran pop composer Burt Bacharach, with whom she co-wrote the song "Trouble." Late Quarter Moon, Civello's first album for Verve, was given a February 2005 release date in the United States. https://itunes.apple.com/br/artist/chiara-civello/id41621668

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Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:38
Size: 77.0 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals, Standards
Year: 1965/1998
Art: Front

[2:41] 1. How Soon
[2:38] 2. Days Of Wine And Roses
[2:53] 3. Dear Heart
[2:50] 4. Charade
[3:47] 5. Too Little Time
[3:49] 6. Dreamsville
[1:51] 7. Bye-Bye Theme From Peter Gunn
[2:50] 8. Moon River
[2:29] 9. (I Love You And) Don't You Forget It
[3:37] 10. Slow Hot Wind
[2:26] 11. Mr. Lucky
[1:44] 12. It Had Better Be Tonight

Sarah Vaughan's contribution to the female jazz vocal genre, during the twentieth century, puts her alongside the likes of Dinah Washington, Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald. As a child Sarah Vaughan sang in church and had extensive piano lessons from 1931-39, which helped her become a capable keyboardist. After she won an amateur contest at the Apollo Theatre, she was hired for the Earl Hines big band as a singer and second vocalist. Unfortunately, the musicians' recording strike kept her off record during this period (1943-44).

When lifelong friend Billy Eckstine broke away to form his own orchestra, Vaughan joined him, making her recording debut. She enjoyed her time with Eckstine's orchestra, where she became influenced by a couple of his sidemen, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, both of whom had also been with Hines during her stint. Vaughan was one of the first singers to fully incorporate bop phrasing in her singing, and to have the vocal chops to pull it off on the level of a Parker and Gillespie. During the 1950's, Sarah recorded middle-of-the-road pop material with orchestras for Mercury, and jazz dates (including a memorable collaboration with Clifford Brown) for the label's subsidiary, EmArcy.

Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook

Jean Hoffman - Sings and Swings

Styles: Vocal And Piano, Swing
Year: 1958/2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:18
Size: 92,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:34) 1. Dancing on the Ceiling
(3:33) 2. I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
(3:45) 3. Makin' Whoopee
(2:22) 4. What Is There to Say?
(3:49) 5. Sometimes I'm Happy
(2:59) 6. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
(3:00) 7. Bluebird of Happiness
(3:04) 8. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
(3:16) 9. Time Was
(3:07) 10. Yes Sir, That's My Baby
(3:51) 11. Street of Dreams
(3:54) 12. My Buddy

Jean Hoffman (Portland, 1930) is well-known as an unostentatious, small-voiced singer, and a pleasantly prodding, rhythmic pianist. She made a name for herself in the San Francisco club circuit during the ‘50s, often supported by bass and drums. In 1957, Billboard hailed the release of her first album, Jean Hoffman Sings and Swings, with some words of praise: “An exciting new voice, a rarity indeed in today’s market, has at long last blossomed via chirp Jean Hoffman, who combines the best elements of jazz styling without negating her pop commercial lure. While it’s a little voice, it’s strong, resonant and powerful in expression. Her rendition of Bluebird of Happiness is one of the freshest and most imaginative arrangements of this tune to come along in many a moon, and coupled with the other standards in this package, it makes for palpitating listening. An artistic success, deserving of heavy exposure and air-play.” https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/jean-hoffman-dorothy-carless-albums/53369-sings-and-swings-the-carless-torch-2-lp-on-1-cd.html

Personnel: Jean Hoffman, vocals & piano (electric piano on #1,3,9), accompanied by Jack Weeks (bass), Bill Young (drums). Dean Reilly, replaces Weeks on #1.

Sings and Swings

Fredrika Stahl - Natten

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:13
Size: 88,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:14) 1. Turn of Life
(2:51) 2. Rescue Me
(3:55) 3. Electric
(2:56) 4. Cruel World
(2:52) 5. Rivers
(3:19) 6. Finalement la nuit
(3:38) 7. The Razor’s Edge
(3:03) 8. Get Even
(4:25) 9. The Fall
(3:34) 10. Bed Sheets
(4:22) 11. Static Cellophane

Swedish-born jazz and pop vocalist Fredrika Stahl's career got going when she met producer Geef, which led to a meeting with pianist Tom McClung, who then formed a band around her and helped land her a major-label deal with the French arm of BMG, Vogue Records. Born in Stockholm on October 24, 1984, Stahl spent the majority of her preteen years in France, before returning to Sweden to finish schooling. Upon her graduation, Stahl found her way back to France, and met the people who would help make her a well-known name. Her debut album, A Fraction of You, was unveiled in the summer of 2006, and she followed the release with a number of performances, sharing stages with such artists as Erick Poirier, Ichiro Onoe, and Manuel Marches. Stahl released her second album, Tributaries, in 2008 on the Jive label.~ Chris True https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fredrika-stahl-mn0000623591/biography

Personnel: Vocals – Clément Ducol, Fredrika Stahl; Piano – Clément Ducol; Fredrika Stahl ; Bass Guitar – Laurent Vernerey; Cello – Pierre-François Dufour ; Drum Machine – Pierre-François Dufour; Drums – Pierre-François Dufour; Guitar – Bruce Driscoll; Freddy Koella Sébastien Collinet; Keyboards – Clément Ducol; Fredrika Stahl); Paul-Marie Barbier; Sébastien Collinet; Tony Paeleman; Vocals, Guitar – Dominique A.

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