Chiara Pancaldi - The Song Is You

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:42
Size: 104,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:05)  1. You're Driving Me Crazy
(2:55)  2. The Song Is You
(4:44)  3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(4:43)  4. Sabia
(5:46)  5. So in Love
(4:16)  6. Day By Day
(3:58)  7. On
(5:13)  8. I Should Care
(4:39)  9. Wade
(5:18) 10. Morro Dois Irmãos

Dodicilune marks the debut of a promising singer Italian. Bologna, born in 1982, Chiara Pancaldi looks through an album refined, pleasant and bright. His voice is clear and full of swing. Reinterprets standards with an enviable ease. From "You're driving me crazy" in which the elegance of his vocal timbre blends improvisation and scat continuing with the title track " The Song Is You ". Supported by four accomplished musicians, who not only accompany, but embellish his performances singing. Nico Menci floor, Bright David on guitar,Stefano Senni on bass and Victor Sicbaldi on drums.

With so much support, the singer winds its way through the interpretations of the past, experimenting, soon after, with his version of the character and style of a piece of Ellington's " Do not get around much anymore . " Fearlessly but reverently he passes then the arduous test bossa nova. Try become almost mandatory for a jazz singer who wants to be considered complete. " Sabia "of Jobim and Chico Buarque and" Morro dois irmaos "emphasize the versatility and artistic sensitivity of Pancaldi. Good pronunciation and a particular intensity complete the picture.

And how can it even draw from the repertoire of Cole Porter when you pay homage to the standards of the fifties and sixties. His " So in love "is dense and passionate, as the remaining standard" Day by Day "and" I Should Care ". But the Bolognese singer signed two pieces.The text of " On "4th tuned blues "music by David Bright and text and music of the song" Wade ", the latter only real ballad on the album. A song sophisticated and intimate, that sums up the elegance of this his first album. An excellent debut for a singer who will have much to say in the future.~ Valeria Lopresti for Jazzitalia Translate by google http://www.jazzitalia.net/recensioni/thesongisiyou.asp#.VdZkM89Vikp

Personnel:  Chiara Pancaldi – voice;  Nico Menci – piano;  David Bright – guitar;  Stefano Senni – bass;  Vittorio Sicbaldi - Battery

The Song Is You

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Chiara Pancaldi - I Walk A Little Faster

Size: 105.6 MB
Time: 45:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Vocal
Art: Front

(4:25) 1. Wouldn't It Be Loverly
(4:50) 2. Show Me
(5:50) 3. Wild Is The Wind
(5:01) 4. Crazy He Calls Me
(6:01) 5. I Walk A Little Faster
(3:33) 6. I Cried For You
(4:04) 7. Don't Be On The Outside
(5:25) 8. Get Out Of Town
(5:57) 9. A Flower Is A Lovesomething

This record is the result of musical encounters between Chiara Pancaldi, a young and passionate Italian Jazz singer, and the great piano player Cyrus Chestnut. The result is a brilliant, swinging, and warm record with one of the greatest rhythm sections of the worldwide Jazz scene!

I Walk A Little Faster

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Chiara Pancaldi - Precious

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:30
Size: 97,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:28) 1. Better to Grow
(4:32) 2. Nothing but Smiles
(4:59) 3. Urban Folk Song
(4:20) 4. Adeus
(3:30) 5. Precious
(6:03) 6. The Distance Between Us
(5:03) 7. Songs Don't Grow Old Alone
(5:02) 8. You and I (We Can Conquer the World)
(4:28) 9. Our Time

We listened to Chiara Pancaldi on the 16th of February at Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall with Roberto Tarenzi on piano, Darryl Hall on double bass and Roberto Pistolesi on the drums. Pancaldi was born and raised in Bologna. She started studying classical piano at the age of 10. She did her Master’s Degree on anthropology and jazz at Bologna University and wrote her graduation thesis on Indian classical music. She performed at many festivals and clubs including Padova Jazz Festival, Ancona Jazz Festival, Cantina Bentivoglio Jazz Club and Paradiso Jazz Festival. Some of the artists she has performed with include Cyrus Chestnut, John Webber, Marc Abrams and Jeremy Pelt.

She won the ‘Best Jazz Vocal Album’ award in 2015 with her second album ‘I Walk a Little Faster’, given by Jazz Critique Magazine. She performed tunes from her new album ‘Precious’. She said ‘Good evening’ and ‘Thank you’ in Turkish. She started her performance with her tune ‘Better to Grow’.The evening continued with bassist Darryl Hall’s piece ‘Urban Folk Song’. Hall has been living in France since 2004 and lived in New York for twelve years. During those years he performed with musicians like Mulgrew Miller, Carmen Lundy, Hank Jones, Mary Stallings, Geri Allen. He was the winner of ‘Thelonious Monk International Bass Contest’ in 1996. He loves jazz, gospel, soul, latin and Brazilian music. Considering these, Pancaldi wanted to perform ‘Adeus’ as a bossa, an homage to Brazilian music. Piano player Roberto Taranzi was the main soloist throuhout the concert. He was one of the top eleven piano players at the ‘Thelonious Monk International Piano Contest’ where Herbie Hancock was a member of the jury.

Pancaldi uses her mouth like an instrument, focusing on the ‘le le le lo lo li li’ syllables during her scats. Her scats were like a modern elegy.Pancaldi stated that the album’s title song ‘Precious’ was dedicated to her older son.After a while all songs started to sound alike. I thought of Björk at one point.There were a lot of microphones hanging from above, in different lengths. They resembled an arts installation when looked closely. The spotlights were blue and red.Pancaldi wrote ‘Nothing but Smiles’ about her unhappy times.Drummer Roberto Pistolesi was also born in Italy. He currently lives in Italy, Holland and New York. He joined Stefano Di Battista’s band in 2010 and performed with the band in many festivals, gaining experience. Some of the musiciains he performed with include Francesco Cafiso, Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, Rick Margitza and Antonio Faraò. One thing that should be mentioned is that Pancaldi was pregnant and wearing high heels. I think these two factors greatly affected her performance.

She was in command of her body language and had a good stage presence, dancing around the stage through the chords. She also took some rests by the piano. Dr. Rauf Hakan Tüfekçi, the host and creator of the radio show ‘Cazin Büyüsü’ (The Magic of Jazz) at NTV Radio was in the audience. After announcing their latest tune of the night, Pancaldi made some gestures implying that the tune will not be the latest of the night and there will be en encore, which is what happened eventually. They ended the concert with ’The Distance Between Us’ and ‘Songs Don’t Grow Old’, tunes inspired by modern jazz and Brazilian music. https://www.jazzdergisi.com/en/chiara-pancaldi-ve-son-albumu-precious/

Precious

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Chiara Pancaldi, Alessandro Galati - The Cole Porter Songbook

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:26
Size: 79,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:35) 1. Dream Dancing
(3:50) 2. All of You
(5:54) 3. Easy to Love
(3:07) 4. It's Delovely
(5:54) 5. Just One of Those Things
(3:09) 6. Let's Do It
(3:31) 7. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(5:23) 8. So in Love

A duo project of Chiara Pancaldi with the famed pianist, Alessandro Galati, dedicated to the beautiful and witty Cole Porter songbook. A classy, swinging, and lyrically intimate program of Porter’s impeccable gems including: Dream Dancing, All of You, Easy to Love, It’s Delovely, Just One of Those Things, Let’s Do It, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, and So in Love. https://alessandrogalati.com/pancaldi-galati/

The Cole Porter Songbook

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Chiara Pancaldi - What Is There To Say

Size: 118,4 MB
Time: 50:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Everything I Love (3:33)
02. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (5:19)
03. Born To Be Blue (4:51)
04. What Is There To Say (6:10)
05. I Don't Mind (4:27)
06. A Timeless Place (6:35)
07. Reverse The Charges (5:15)
08. Medley When You're Smiling - On The Sunny Side Of The Street (5:55)
09. Love Came (3:20)
10. Since I Fell For You (5:27)

Chiara Pancaldi is a passionate italian jazz singer. Performing live in clubs and festivals in Italy and aborad: Umbria Jazz, London Jazz Festival, CrossRoads Jazz Festival, Sunset Sunside Jazz Club, Jazzkeller Jazz Club, Porgy and Bess, Unterfahrt, Teatro Giordano, Ancona Jazz Festival, Bologna Jazz Festival, Muze, Torrione Jazz Club, Alexander Plaz Jazz Club, Cantina Bentivoglio Jazz Club, Orsara Jazz Festival, Paradiso Jazz Festival, and many more.
She has worked and performed with many great Italian and american jazz musicians such as Cyrus Chestnut, John Webber, Joe Farnsworth, Darryl Hall, Kirk Lightsey, Fabrizio Bosso, Piero Odorici, Nico Gori, Pietro Tonolo, Marc Abrams, Nicola Muresu, Nico Menci, Stefano Senni, Andrea Giuffredi to name a few.

Her last album, I WALK A LITTLE FASTER has Chiara performing with an excellent trio with Cyrus Chestnut on piano, John Webber on bass and Joe Farnsworth on drums. The record, released by the dutch label Challenge Records, has Jeremy Pelt as Artistic Producer. The record has been awarded as Best Vocal Jazz Album 2015 by the Jazz Critique Magazine.

Chiara Pancaldi is presenting her new project. Chiara is supported by the legendary Kirk Lightsey on piano and the grooving Darryl Hall on bass. A pure jazz trio voice piano and bass, playing an accurate selection of jazz standards and searching for a sound that is personal, fresh and every time new.

Kirk Lightsey is a legendary jazz pianist. He has worked with jazz musicians such as Yusef Lateef, Betty Carter, Pharoah Sanders, Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker, and Kenny Burrell. From 1979 to 1983 he toured with Dexter Gordon and was a member of The Leaders in the late 1980s. During the 1980s he led several sessions of his own, including duets with pianist Harold Danko. In the 1980s and since he has worked with Jimmy Raney, Clifford Jordan, Woody Shaw, David Murray, Joe Lee Wilson, Adam Taubitz, Harold Land and Gregory Porter.

Darryl Hall is a jazz bassist based in Europe. He traveled all over the world many times with the most renowned jazz artists of today, including Geri Allen, Regina Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Mulgrew Miller and many others.
His first major accolade was the first prize in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute competition for bass in 1995, the jury of which was composed of Ron Carter, Charlie Haden, Percy Heath and Chris McBride. This award provided an inroad to the jazz community and led Darryl to play with Jimmy Heath, Donald Byrd, Antonio Hart, Diane Reeves, Tom Harrell, Kirk Lightsey, and Benny Golson, Hank Jones, James Williams, Howard Johnson, Teodross Avery (s), Robert Glasper (p) among many others. Even bass phenomenon Christian McBride called upon Darryl to perform with his big band. He also works with renowned French artists including Laurent De Wilde and Christian Escoude.

What Is There To Say

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