Carmela Rappazzo - Howlin' At The Moon

Size: 101,3 MB
Time: 39:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Genie In A Bottle (3:56)
02. Keyhole (4:12)
03. Haunted (5:54)
04. Howlin' At The Moon (2:46)
05. Rush Of Heat (4:11)
06. State Of Grace (6:26)
07. Lullaby Of The Leaves (4:20)
08. Revenge (3:14)
09. Making My Way Back To You (4:33)

Music is everywhere in New Orleans. No matter what time of the day or night, someone is playing something. Wether it's a marching band practicing for Mardi Gras parades or a lone musician on a street corner or the sound of a kick ass band coming out of the doors of a club on Frenchman, there is a reason you want to move your feet or sing along.
The city's influence on me and my writing has been tremendous. I hope that I have done it justice.
This album was recorded with all the musicians in the same room at the same time. It was an amazing experience and also a difficult one. The musicianship was superb and inspiring. They brought their A game to the stage at The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music where we recorded. Great arrangements were made by Oscar Rossignoli and Jasen Weaver.
Most of these songs started out as stories about my friend Margaret Whitton who passed away last year. She was a great pal and supported my love of jazz like no other. As an artist herself she had achieved much in her lifetime and was generous in passing along support to other artists. I was so very fortunate to have known her. She was also a harsh task master, bring it or go home.
I hope you enjoy these songs, I've put a lot into making this album and it means a great deal to me.

Howlin' At The Moon

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Carmela Rappazzo - The Girl Who Dreams Out Loud, New Standards

Size: 99,1 MB
Time: 35:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. I'm In Love Again (3:35)
02. These Words (3:47)
03. The Girl Who Dreams Out Loud (3:21)
04. All Together Alone (2:43)
05. Do Wrong Shoes (3:02)
06. These Days (2:27)
07. 5.4 Samba (4:32)
08. Sweet Contentment (2:54)
09. Here's Another Tune (3:58)
10. Vacation (2:23)
11. It's Always You (2:43)

Carmela Rappazzo has been performing and recording music from the Great American Song Books for years . This CD represents a departure from those great songs and introduces a set of "New Standards"
These new jazz standards written by such notables as Hirth Martinez, Donald Fagen , Mike Melvoin, Michael Triandafils and Carmela are a fresh new addition to the world of jazz.
They cover a wide range of styles that will please the straight ahead listeners, the samba/bossa lovers and smooth jazz fans.

Additional info:
Carmela grew up in upstate New York learning the Great American Songbooks at an early age, as her father was a big band swing coronet player and the large Sicilian family gatherings always included live music.
She got involved in musical theater in high school but was enthralled by jazz. She moved to Boston in her late teens hanging out in Paul’s Mall and the Jazz Workshop listening to the greats play live and sitting in as a singer with friends who were attending Berkley.
Arriving back in New York City she attended ‘Theatrium’ (a Strasberg Institute training) and became involved in off-off broadway theater and appeared in a few independent films, later training with Eric Morris. Carmela moved to Los Angeles in ‘92 , working in the L. A. Theater scene and on several feature films with such notable film directors as Rob Reiner, Wolfgang Petersen, Jonathan Lynn and Ken Kwapis. She continued her vocal training with Dan Balestrero.
She began to perform in the L. A. Jazz scene with the Jon Mayer trio and recorded her first record ‘Black and White’ , a straight ahead standards record with them.
After appearing in many of the local clubs she began to branch out and work with established musicians recording her second cd with Paul Smith, Jim DeJulio and Joe LaBarbera. This cd ‘Regarding Frank’ was a tribute record to Sinatra and his 50’s Capitol years.
Shortly after this she formed her own trio which featured guitarist/ song writer Hirth Martinez. Out of this trio ‘The Girl Who Dreams Out Loud’ was conceived. This cd was a departure from covering familiar jazz standards, into a new exploration of original materials by such notables as Hirth Martinez, Donald Fagen, Mike Melvoin and Carmela.
Her latest cd, “Joseph City”, combines straight ahead covers, with some very unique standard arrangements and some originals by Carmela. For this project Carmela worked with Pete Snell, Armando Compean and Lee Spath, and featured on this cd is tango master Coco Trivisonno on bandoneon, cellist Chase Morrison and horn players Steve Marsh and John Fumo, with Stu Elster on Hammond B3 and Scott Breadman on percussion.
Carmela now resides in New Mexico and continues to perform and write her own music.

The Girl Who Dreams Out Loud, New Standards

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Carmela Rappazzo - Joseph City

Size: 102,8 MB
Time: 40:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Bye Bye Blackbird (4:15)
02. Miss You So (3:32)
03. Let's Fall In Love (2:19)
04. Lit Up From Behind (4:20)
05. All The Things You Are (4:04)
06. Ask Coral` (2:17)
07. It Might As Well Be Spring (3:18)
08. No Moon At All (4:00)
09. Pandora (4:04)
10. Old Black Magic (3:17)
11. Joseph City (4:35)

Vocalist Carmela Rappazzo's fourth release finds her leading a jazz quintet featuring Pete Snell (g), Armando Compean (b) and Lee Spath (dr) through a program of jazz standards and clever originals. The band itself is Beale Street bluesy, and accompanies Ms Rappazzo swingingly through faithful versions of tunes like "Old Black Magic" and "Let's Fall in Love"."Miss You" has her mourning over the mood created by Coco Trivisonno's bandoneon; "Ask Coral" has Rappazzo acting sly and witty over the snappy rhythms, and "Pandora" finds her in a convincing foreboding mood. A disc of all originals could prove to be something quite formidable from this promising lady. -George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly

Carmela grew up in upstate New York learning the great american songbooks at an early age, as her father was a big band swing coronet player and the large Sicilian family gatherings always included live music. She got involved in musical theater in high school but was enthralled by jazz. She moved to Boston in her late teens hanging out in Paul’s Mall and the Jazz Workshop listening to the greats play live and sitting in as a singer with friends who were attending Berkley. Arriving back in New York City she attended ‘Theatrium’ (a Strasberg Institute training) and became involved in off-off broadway theater and appeared in a few independent films, later training with Eric Morris. Carmela moved to Los Angeles in ‘92 , working in the L. A. Theater scene and on several feature films with such notable film directors as Rob Reiner, Wolfgang Petersen, Jonathan Lynn and Ken Kwapis. She continued her vocal training with Dan Balestrero. She began to perform in the L. A. Jazz scene with the Jon Mayer trio and recorded her first record ‘Black and White’ , a straight ahead standards record with them. After appearing in many of the local clubs she began to branch out and work with established musicians recording her second cd with Paul Smith, Jim DeJulio and Joe LaBarbera. This cd ‘Regarding Frank’ was a tribute record to Sinatra and his 50’s Capitol years. Shortly after this she formed her own trio which featured guitarist song writer Hirth Martinez. Out of this trio ‘The Girl Who Dreams Out Loud’ was conceived. This new cd, “Joseph City”, combines straight ahead covers, with some very unique arrangements, and original tunes by Carmela. The superb rhythm section is led by Pete Snell on guitar, Armando Compean on bass, Lee Spath on drums, Chase Morrison on cello, Stu Elster on Hammond B3, Steve Marsh on saxophones, John Fumo on trumpet and Scott Breadman on persussion. Also featured on this cd is tango master Coco Trivisonno on bandoneon. Carmela now resides in New Mexico and continues to perform and write her own music.

Joseph City

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