Caterina Zapponi - Universal Lovesongs

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 56:30
Size: 104,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:26)  1. My Heart Sings
(4:08)  2. Morrer De Amor
(4:48)  3. Passione
(4:16)  4. All The Way
(3:23)  5. For Me Formidable
(4:14)  6. Il Nostro Concerto
(4:14)  7. Waiting In Vain
(4:06)  8. Que Nao Se Ve (Come Tu Mi Vuoi)
(3:18)  9. Mon Dieu
(4:00) 10. When You Go
(3:54) 11. L.O.V.E.
(4:14) 12. Maybe September
(4:07) 13. Acercate Mas
(3:15) 14. I Live To Love You

Caterina Zapponi, born and raised in Rome, Italy, is the daughter of one of Italy´s most famous movie script writers Bernardino Zapponi and his French wife. Zapponi Pere wrote the screen plays for two of Federico Fellini's more famous (or infamous, your choice) movies, Roma and Satyricon. Zapponi studied at the Berklee College of Music. Later she entered the Thelonious Monk competition and came in 4th among singers. The play list and the singing are both eclectic indeed. Singing in five languages, Zapponi confronts a program of love sings from different countries and sources. There are from the repertoire of the well-known French entertainer, Charles Azanour, Reggae giant Bob Marley and Brazil with Oscar Castro-Neves. But the home of the popular song, the United States, has the most selections from composers who have major entries in the great American Popular Songbook like Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Mandel. Irrespective of the geneses or style of the music, Zapponi handles all with skill and feeling with a soft but very expressive vocal style. 

Her ability to project the emotion of each song without overwhelming it comes across on a lovely Morrer de Amor with Monty Alexander on the melodica. She is shamelessly erotic on "My Heart Sings" as she "remembers those little things". It helps considerably that she is backed by some of jazz's best known musicians. In addition to Monty Alexander (listen to him go on "For Me Formidable)", there's drummer Martin Drew and the brothers' Petrocca on guitar and bass. This a great album. The liner notes are in just two languages. ~ Dave Nathan https://www.allaboutjazz.com/universal-love-songs-caterina-zapponi-inak-music-review-by-dave-nathan.php

Personnel: Caterina Zapponi - Vocals;  Monty Alexander - Piano/Melodica;  Martin Drew - Drums;  Davide Petrocca - Bass;  Lorenzo Petrocca - Guitar

Universal Lovesongs

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Caterina Zapponi - Romantica

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:35
Size: 112,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:25)  1. J’ai ta main
(4:15)  2. Polvere di stelle (Stardust)
(6:13)  3. Estate
(4:39)  4. Count Basie (Lil' Darlin')
(2:45)  5. Torna a Surriento (Come Back to Sorrento)
(3:08)  6. Bora Bora
(3:36)  7. Non Dimenticar
(4:01)  8. Que reste-t-il de nos amours
(3:31)  9. Fenesta vascia
(2:56) 10. ‘Na voce, ‘na chitarra (e o’ poco e’ luna)
(2:47) 11. Maladie d’amour
(3:06) 12. Redis-moi (You Can See)
(4:06) 13. Vorrei (Got to Go)

Though Caterina Zapponi was born in Rome and raised among Italy’s artistic cognoscenti (her mother is a singer of French origin, her screenwriter father crafted both Roma and Satyricon with Federico Fellini), it was a viewing of the Cole Porter musical High Society that ignited her desire to study jazz in America. She earned a scholarship to Berklee and subsequently finished fourth in the 1994 Monk vocal competition. But her biggest break came later in the ’90s, when she met pianist Monty Alexander, who, as her husband, manager and frequent accompanist, has facilitated her musical maturation.

Alexander was the cornerstone of her multilingual debut album, 2001’s Universal Love Songs, and is again for this long-overdue sophomore release. While the first album provided a lovely introduction, Zapponi’s ease and assuredness have since grown exponentially. Favoring a smoldering style that is equal parts Julie London and Françoise Hardy, she again opts for a cross-cultural playlist, venturing from a shimmering “Stardust” sung in Italian and sweltering “Estate” to a breathy “Que reste-t’il de nos amours” and lazily inviting “Non Dimenticar.” The mood is mellow and seductive (even when she salutes Count Basie in a clever French reworking of “L’il Darlin’”), much enhanced by all-star support that includes dual Pizzarellis (guitarist Bucky and bassist Martin), guitarist Frank Vignola, violinist Kristian Jorgensen and Etienne Charles on the lute-like cuatro. ~ Christopher Loudon  http://jazztimes.com/articles/138245-romantica-caterina-zapponi

Personnel: Caterina Zapponi (vocals); Yotam Silberstein, Frank Vignola, Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar); Kristian Jorgensen (violin); Monty Alexander (melodica, piano).

Romantica

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