Showing posts with label Charmaine Clamor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charmaine Clamor. Show all posts

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Charmaine Clamor - Jazzi Pino

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:36
Size: 155,5 MB
Art: Front

(7:06)  1. Dahil Sa'yo
(3:26)  2. O, Ilaw
(3:41)  3. Minamahal Kita
(4:28)  4. Lahat Ng Araw
(3:18)  5. Pamulinawen
(3:21)  6. Usahay
(4:59)  7. Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan
(5:06)  8. Pakiusap
(5:03)  9. Minamahal, Sinasamba w/Mon David
(5:13) 10. Matul Nila
(3:37) 11. Dungawin Mo Hirang
(4:55) 12. Ay, Kalisud
(4:32) 13. Panahon Na / Hindi Kita Malimot
(2:26) 14. Harana Sa Dilim
(6:20) 15. My Funny Brown Pinay (My Funny Valentine)

Charmaine Clamor is a Filipina jazz singer based in Hollywood, California best known for melding traditional Filipino folk songs and instruments with American jazz and blues in a newly developed musical genre called "Jazzipino" Born in Subic-Zambales, Philippines, Charmaine Clamor began her singing career at age 3, entertaining passengers in the back of buses traveling to Manila. As she grew, she began providing piano accompaniment while her mother sang kundiman (Filipino torch songs) and English language classics. She didn't move to the United States until she was 16, and grew up speaking Tagalog, singing karaoke, and eating lumpia. Still maintains family connections in Luzon Province, where she visit every year. Has a master's degree in physical therapy and worked full-time as a physical therapist in hospitals and clinics. Volunteers for environmental organizations that promote 'green' living and is a pesco-vegetarian. Originator of Jazzipino, a genre of music utilizing American jazz, blues, soul, Filipino folk music, and other musical forms. She has simultaneously made the top 5 on both JazzWeek’s World (#2) and Traditional Jazz (#4) charts and is the first Filipino-American artist to place two consecutive recordings in the World Music top 10. Has been profiled on NPR's "Weekend Edition" and BBC's "The World." Records in North America under Michael Konik's independent recording company FreeHam Records, which includes the Tony-Award winning Blues great, Linda Hopkins. Charmaine performs at America's leading jazz clubs, performing arts centers, and concert halls. She frequently top bills Filipino cultural celebrations, such as the San Francisco Filipino-American Jazz Festival and the Filipino Library's annual gala in Los Angeles. On September, 2007, at her New York City show, she launched her second album, "Flippin' Out", at the Iridium Jazz Club, with "My Funny Brown Pinay" (to the tune of "My Funny Valentine"). On April 15, 2008, at her Brooklyn debut performance, she treated the mixed crowd to this same theme song/anthem ("Look at my skin – it's brown… Look at my nose – it's flat"). May, 2008, Charmaine Clamor and 8 international jazz artists and bands appeared at the 3rd Annual 2008 Miri International Jazz Festival, at ParkCity Everly Hotel, in Sarawak, Malaysia. In November, 2008, Charmaine released My Harana: A Filipino Serenade the follow-up to "Flippin’ Out," touring America and the Philippines in support of the record. 

In September, 2009, "Jazzipino" was launched with a full fledged promotional tour in the Philippines under the Viva Records label. Charmaine is a founding member of JazzPhil-USA, a non-profit organization that promotes jazz artists of Filipino descent in the United States and has been credited with introducing Filipino culture to mainstream audiences. Charmaine was selected by The Filipino Women's Network as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipino Women in the United States  In May, 2008, Charmaine was noted as a rising jazz star in the United States by LA Weekly’s jazz critic Brick Wahl. Her two-night gig at Hollywood’s Catalina Bar & Grill was Wahl's jazz event Pick of the Week: “She made a big splash with Flippin’ Out its hip mix of beautifully arranged standards and jazzed-up Tagalog love songs took the ‘Filipina Singing Sensation’ into the upper reaches of the jazz and world charts. And no wonder: Her husky, sassy tone, languid moves and unpretentious Pinoy attitude that’s just a tad rebellious have the kind of natural appeal you can’t buy at any music school.” Jazz Times Magazine described her as "a dynamic new compass point in world music." All About Jazz wrote that she is "quite simply one of the finest singers to come around in a long time." Jazz critic Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times stated that “Her debut album, 'Searching for the Soul', announced the arrival of an impressive new vocal artist.” He subsequently wrote that Charmaine is "One of the important and original new jazz singers of the decade." In January, 2009, he selected Charmaine's debut at Yoshi's Jazz Club as the Pick of the Week in San Francisco. Charmaine has headlined the top jazz clubs in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, and Miami. Often, she is the first Pinay to perform at the venue  such as at Yoshi's, in SF. In July, 2009, in San Diego, California, she won the 6th Annual Asian Heritage Award in the Performing Arts which recognizes Asian and Pacific Islander leaders in various fields, including Medicine, Education, Government, and the Performing Arts. In October, 2009, Charmaine won the 12th Annual FILIPINAS Magazine Achievement Award in Entertainment. She was also honored with a special FAMAS Award (Filipino Oscar) for her cultural trailblazing. Charmaine has had two consecutive albums in the JazzWeek World Music Top-10. https://www.last.fm/music/Charmaine+Clamor/+wiki

Jazzi Pino

Friday, January 15, 2016

Charmaine Clamor - Searching For The Soul

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:19
Size: 124,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:20)  1. Come Sunday
(4:02)  2. My Romance
(4:45)  3. Since I Fell For You
(4:01)  4. I'm In The Mood For Love
(4:45)  5. The Very Thought Of You/Tenderly
(5:12)  6. Neither One Of Us
(3:43)  7. It Don't Mean A Thing
(4:10)  8. I Live To Love You
(3:27)  9. Remember
(2:07) 10. You And I
(3:44) 11. You'll Never Know
(4:54) 12. Please Send Me Someone To Love
(5:02) 13. The Nearness Of You

"Charmaine literally 'breathes love' into old standards. She makes you want to be in love if you're not already." ~  R. LaRue, Jazz News

"When Charmaine Clamor's warm, luscious contralto slips into a rhythmically seductive version of "I'm in the Mood for Love" or purrs through the tender lyrics of "The Very Thought of You," there's no doubt that a first-rate jazz talent is present. Her first album, "Searching for the Soul" (2005), announced the arrival of an impressive new vocal artist who worked her magic with material including Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday," Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love," Rodgers and Hart's "My Romance" and Gordon and Warren's "You'll Never Know." ~ Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times

"Blessed with a 'bedroom eyes' voice, Charmaine Clamor has put out a lovely and eclectic collection...Clamor proves she is able to handle the standards with aplomb. The jewels of 'Searching for the Soul,' however, are the originals. Charmaine Clamor could shake the world with originals like these. In a musical world filled with canaries, we beg Clamor for more new material." ~  George Harris, All About Jazz
Editorial Reviews  
http://www.amazon.com/Searching-Soul-Charmaine-Clamor/dp/B000BZ4VV8

Searching For The Soul

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Charmaine Clamor - Something Good

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:04
Size: 125,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:49)  1. Every Single Moment
(3:58)  2. Doodlin' In Taglish
(4:25)  3. Something Good
(4:06)  4. Feelin' Stevie
(6:19)  5. Motherless Ili-Ili
(3:15)  6. Let's Take A Trip
(4:14)  7. Flow
(3:41)  8. Maalaala Mo Kaya
(3:24)  9. Ikaw
(4:03) 10. Sweet Spot
(2:52) 11. The Farther You Go
(4:38) 12. Believe In Love
(4:14) 13. Breakfast With Bubba

"One of the important and original new jazz singers of the decade," Filipino-American vocal queen Charmaine Clamor delivers her most eclectic and surprising album to date. Featuring the international clean water anthem "Flow"!

From Charmaine Clamor, the queen of jazzipino: I believe there are two kinds of music: the Good Stuff and everything else. Good can be jazz, or world, or blues. Good can be classical, or opera, or hip-hop. Or funk or soul or even pop. The labels don’t matter; the sound matters. It’s true, I’m a Filipino-American. It’s true, I’m a jazz singer. I do this musical blending called jazzipino, and it comes straight from my heart. But it’s also true that I’m a citizen of Earth, and I’m a world-blues-funk-soul-pop vocalistwho won’t be, can’t be, categorized. I’m me, and this is my music.

You’ll hear my passion for the groove, for swing, for beautiful words and inspiring sounds. You’ll also discover my passion for the blessed planet we inhabit, and which we honor with our Mother Nature Suite. How strongly do I feel about taking care of our environment? The tray your CD sits in is made of potatoes. If you don’t dig this album, you can bury the whole package in your compost heap. It’s 100% recycleable! We like to think, however, that our music doesn’t qualify for the dreaded “everything else” genre. We’re delighted to share with you Something Good. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cclamor4

Personnel: Zaxariades, Mon David, Our Lady of Refuge Children's Choir, Linda Hopkins, Mark Winkler, Michael Konik (vocals); Bo Razon (guitar, tres, congas, percussion); Richard Ickard (guitar); Robby Marshall (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Mike Stever (trumpet); Vikram Devasthali (trombone); Eli Brueggemann (piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ); Dominic Thiroux (acoustic bass, electric bass); Abe Lagrimas, Jr. (drums).

Something Good