Joanie Pallatto - My Original Plan

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:01
Size: 144,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:29) 1. Open Your Eyes
(5:00) 2. Do Butterflies Cry?
(5:17) 3. The Blank Page
(4:54) 4. The Confessional
(5:27) 5. My Original Plan
(3:58) 6. Jon's Place
(4:47) 7. About a Song
(2:13) 8. Rest
(3:35) 9. The Photograph
(4:57) 10. Almost 65
(4:09) 11. A Simple Time
(5:38) 12. They Sentenced Us to Paradise
(3:09) 13. This Winter
(4:21) 14. Lucky to Belong to You

Jazzy-Pop! All Original Music from 39th Annual Chicago Music Awards ~ Lifetime Achievement Recipient for Extra-Ordinary Contributions to the Music Industry Singer-Songwriter Joanie Pallatto co-produced by modern guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque featuring an ALL Star Chicago lineup: Joanie Pallatto, Fareed Haque, Howard Levy, Bobby Lewis, Steve Eisen, John Devlin, Luiz Ewerling, Juan Pastor, Kurt Schweitz, Bradley Parker-Sparrow

Described by Rick Kogan of the Chicago Tribune as having “a stirring and special voice,” Joanie Pallatto is a graduate of The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Pallatto toured with The Glenn Miller Orchestra as a featured vocalist before moving to Chicago in 1979. Co-owner and partner with pianist/composer and husband, Bradley Parker-Sparrow at Sparrow Sound Design Recording Studio and Southport Records, Pallatto has expertise in all aspects of musical production. As a studio singer and voiceover talent, she has recorded on hundreds of Radio and TV commercials. As a jazz vocalist, Pallatto has performed at Chicago clubs City Winery, Andy’s and The Green Mill and New York venues the Iridium, Pangea and Birdland. Concert engagements have include Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, The Old Town School of Folk Music, Park West, Stage 773 and Bailiwick Theater; she was also a featured soloist with Daniel Barenboim in “Ellington Among Friends” at Symphony Center in 1999. Awards include: Lifetime Achievement Award for Extra-Ordinary Contributions to the Music Industry, Chicago Music Awards (2021); The Coleman Award in Music Business Entrepreneurship from Elmhurst College (2018) and the Jazz Journalist Association 2016 Chicago Jazz Heroes Award, to Joanie Pallatto & Sparrow.

Joanie Pallatto My Original Plan (2021) featuring modern guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque, showcases Singer-Songwriter Pallatto’s fourteen original Jazzy-Pop songs! Produced by Fareed Haque and Joanie Pallatto. The Single Do Butterflies Cry? is available on all digital platforms, and the music video, a rhythmic journey through nature and the beautiful countryside of Costa Rica, is available for viewing on YouTube.com. This Winter is a heartwarming track from the CD with a music photo video. “Listen closely and find out how to dream and how to use those dreams…With Joanie, the personal becomes universal.”Stephen Cole, award winning songwriter and playwright (from liner notes)

In 2011, Pallatto released the critically-acclaimed CD As You Spend Your Life and the music videos “For My Mother’s Love,” “As You Spend Your Life” and “Playa Bonita” plus Jazz Legend Bob Dorough recorded his vocal and piano on Frank Foster’s “Simone,” with Pallatto’s lyrics. It’s Not Easy is Singer-Songwriter Pallatto’s first CD of ten original tunes and videos (2008.) Christopher Loudon in the May 2011 issue of Jazz Times says of Pallatto “Pallatto sounds a lot like Stevie Nicks if, that is, Nicks was a top-drawer jazz stylist of expansive musical tastes and keen instincts.” and “Trying to channel Pallatto is like attempting to bottle a cyclone. It’s best to just let her run wild…”

Other recordings in Pallatto’s discography include Float Out to Sea with Sparrow (2017); Two Again with pianist/arranger Marshall Vente (2015) Days with Joanie & Sparrow (2013); The King and I (2000) with legendary pianist/composer King Fleming; Words and Music (1999); Two with Marshall Vente (1997); FIRE with Von Freeman (1996); Passing Tones (1995); Who Wrote This Song? (1994); and Whisper Not (LP 1986). Pallatto has continually recorded original music with Sparrow, The Light, a tone poem (2004); Canned Beer (2003), and We Are Not Machines (2001). https://www.katesmithpromotions.com/artists/joanie-pallatto/

My Original Plan

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Joanie Pallatto & Sparrow - Float Out To Sea

Size: 111,8 MB
Time: 47:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Away (4:16)
02. Float Out To Sea (4:22)
03. Nicole (4:16)
04. The Last Circus In Town (4:05)
05. You're Me And I'm You (3:20)
06. Dreams (9:02)
07. Joyce And Roy (4:08)
08. No Longer Small (3:35)
09. Is This Reason (5:38)
10. Hidden Away (5:06)

Vocalist Joanie Pallatto and Pianist and Composer Bradley Parker-Sparrow claim Chicago as their home - their life in music has blossomed over the decades, along with their marriage. As co-owners of Southport Records and producers and engineers at Sparrow Sound Design Recording Studio, together they have released close to 150 recordings since 1977 - mostly of jazz artists, along with cabaret performers and contemporary classical composers. Over the years, the revered artists in the Southport catalog include Von Freeman, Willie Pickens, George Freeman, Fred Anderson, King Fleming and George Flynn.

Joanie & Sparrow were named 2016 Jazz Heroes by the Jazz Journalists Association for their extraordinarily broad support of Chicago's community of musicians. "The Last Cabrini" (a Southport Film ©2012) premiered at Chicago's CIMMFest 2016 - a cinema tone poem with Rick Kogan, narrator and Joanie Pallatto, voice. Shot, directed, edited and composed by Sparrow.

For over twelve years as curators of their "Southport Records Presents" series at Katerina's in Chicago, Joanie and Sparrow opened each evening with their duets of original music, followed by featuring a different artist from their Southport Records label.

Float Out To Sea

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Joanie Pallatto & Marshall Vente - Two Again

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:25
Size: 179.5 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:11] 1. Help
[6:07] 2. People Make The World Go Round
[4:45] 3. Straighten Up And Fly Right
[3:35] 4. By The Time I Get To Phoenix
[5:55] 5. Desafinado
[5:35] 6. My Funny Valentine
[4:28] 7. Vacation
[4:26] 8. You May Laugh
[7:53] 9. Berimbau
[4:40] 10. Walk On By
[4:29] 11. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
[4:36] 12. Snowfall
[5:49] 13. No Moon At All
[4:54] 14. Don't Misunderstand
[6:55] 15. Charade

“YOU’RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE some very special musical moments – piano by Marshall Vente, Chicago’s Dutch master, blended with Joanie Pallatto’s palette – classic Italian passion and contemporary street smarts. It is a perfect pairing. Captured fresh and aged in a decade of musical friendship.” ~Bruce Bendinger

On “Two Again”, Chicago pianist/arranger Marshall Vente joins forces with Chicago vocalist/producer Joanie Pallatto in a new collection of 15 songs. Pallatto’s exquisite vocals are wrapped in the lush and creative arrangements of pianist Vente as he strokes the keys of the Baldwin SD-10 9′ concert grand creating his own personal orchestra.

Two Again

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Joanie Pallatto & Marshall Vente - Two Again

Size: 182,2 MB
Time: 78:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Help! (4:11)
02. People Make The World Go Round (6:07)
03. Straighten Up And Fly Right (4:45)
04. By The Time I Get To Phoenix (3:35)
05. Desafinado (5:55)
06. My Funny Valentine (5:35)
07. Vacation (4:28)
08. You May Laugh (4:26)
09. Berimbau (7:53)
10. Walk On By (4:40)
11. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive (4:29)
12. Snowfall (4:36)
13. No Moon At All (5:49)
14. Don't Misunderstand (4:54)
15. Charade (6:55)

Since the beginning of jazz and pop music artists have presented their own versions of high profile classic and obscure hidden treasures. Chicago pianist/arranger Marshall Vente joins forces with Chicago vocalist/producer Joanie Pallatto in a new collection of 15 songs that include 2 originals. Pallatto’s exquisite vocals are wrapped in the lush and creative arrangements of pianist Vente as he strokes the keys of the Baldwin SD-10 9' concert grand creating his own personal orchestra.

No style of music is left alone as the CD opens with Lennon & McCartney's "Help!" And yes, The Beatles do swing! Traces of urban soul sizzle with track #2, “People Make The World Go Round.” Pallatto and Vente pay respect to composer Jimmy Webb on track #4 with their ethereal version of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix." These are just 3 of the 15 songs on this CD!!! And this is only a 1 sheet!

Described by Rick Kogan of the Chicago Tribune as having “a stirring and special voice,” Joanie Pallatto has released fifteen CDs, and has performed at many Chicago jazz clubs, the Chicago Jazz Festival, and was a featured soloist with Daniel Barenboim in "Ellington Among Friends" at Symphony Center in 1999. She is co-founder of Southport Records with partner and piano man Bradley Parker-Sparrow.

Two Again

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Martha Lorin - Come Walk With Me

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:15
Size: 163,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:43)  1. Close Your Eyes
(4:51)  2. Come Walk With Me
(4:19)  3. Carefully Taught
(4:47)  4. Let's Face The Music And Dance
(3:45)  5. The Island
(6:09)  6. You've Got A Friend
(5:38)  7. On Green Dolphin Street
(3:57)  8. Rain Song
(5:36)  9. Detour Ahead
(5:04) 10. Just A Sittin' & A Rockin'
(5:18) 11. Every Time We Say Goodbye
(5:10) 12. Low Down Blues
(4:37) 13. Cinnamon And Clove
(1:41) 14. Lush Life ( Intro)
(4:32) 15. Lush Life

Chicago's Southport label has brought different groupings of instrumentalists into the recording studio to back Martha Lorin for her second album. Only superb pianist Mike Black appears on all the cuts with Lorin. To Ms Lorin and Southport's credit, they avoid the temptation of limiting the musical agenda to the usual standards by offering songs that are not recorded that often.

But it is the way the musicians are mixed that makes for an intriguing, unusual event. On "You've Got a Friend" and "The Island," Leon Joyce's snare shares accompanist duties with Black resulting in a stark, slimmed down rendition of these two tunes. The dean of Chicago tenor saxophone players (although Eddie Johnson fans may disagree), Von Freeman, shows up on two tracks playing especially soulfully on "Carefully Taught" from South Pacific. Another staple of the Chicago jazz scene, violinist Johnny Frigo, lends his swinging fiddle to a fine arrangement of "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and well to "Detour ahead" for which he shares composer credit. Once again Leon Joyce's rat-a-tat snares are prominent in setting the pace. However, it's the opening cut which provides the clue that this album may not be the usual run of the mill release. 

"Close Your Eyes" is kicked off with as a tango by Black with William Blount's clarinet taking the melody providing a seductive lead in for Lorin. She keeps the tango beat going with strong support from Blount's playing in the clarinet's middle register. A very attractive performance, indeed. "On Green Dolphin Street" offers still another interesting assortment of instruments. With Black's piano continuing to be the constant, Fareed Haque's guitar provides the lead in for Lorin's vocal followed by an athletic Von Freeman tenor solo and he stays around to play behind Lorin for the last chorus. The arrangement of the Johnny Mandel/Alan and Marilyn Bergman tune "Cinnamon and Clove" centers on a Caribbean beat played against Johnny Frigo's straight ahead jazz violin. Lorin's own "Low Down Blues," which she wrote with pianist Frank Collett, is the best of her two compositions and highlights some excellent bass work by Larry Gray.

But nowhere is Lorin's ability to create a story with pictures  brought to life than on the album's coda, "Lush Life." With William Blount's brooding clarinet as background, Lorin delivers a stunning interpretation of Billy Strayhorn's difficult to sing tale of depression and woe. Although not a threat to replace the Johnny Hartman/John Coltrane Quartet version as the classic interpretation, Lorin's work does not suffer by comparison. Good work all around on this album which offers a generous 71 minutes of music. 

~ Dave Nathan http://www.allaboutjazz.com/come-walk-with-me-martha-lorin-southport-records-review-by-dave-nathan.php#.U6HBCbGoqdk

Personnel: Martha Lorin, Joanie Pallatto - Vocals; Miles Black - Piano; William Blount - Clarinet; Eddie de Haas - Bass; Larry Gray - Bass/Cello; Von Freeman - Tenor Saxophone; Johnny Frigo - Violin; Fareed Haque, Dave Onderdonk - Guitar; Leon Joyce - Drums; Mark Walker - Drums/Percussion

Come Walk With Me

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Joanie Pallatto - Words & Music

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:27
Size: 161,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:45)  1. Baltimore Oriole
(3:41)  2. S'Wonderful
(3:55)  3. Love, Webster's Definition
(3:37)  4. So Fine
(5:48)  5. New Blues
(2:50)  6. I Got Rhythm
(2:35)  7. Daisy Bell
(7:19)  8. Antonio
(3:33)  9. Desafinado
(5:47) 10. Lil' Darlin'
(4:53) 11. Somethin' Else
(6:16) 12. This Can't Be Love
(4:36) 13. The Lady Is A Tramp
(6:55) 14. But Not For Me
(4:49) 15. Blue Bossa

“Give my new disc a spin,” said Joanie Pallatto (via e–mail). “I think you’ll like it” (or words to that effect). Yeah, sure, I thought; another undiscovered phenom. Okay, so she was right; I liked it. A shade below phenomenal, perhaps, but I’ve heard a large number of female singers over the past few years including some big label hotshots, and she’s in the same league with any of them. Pallatto’s warm, personal style suits well her charming, slightly husky voice. She has splendid control, range and diction, and most important abiding respect for a lyric. Oh, and her choice of material is exemplary, as is the 70:44 playing time on Words and Music, Joanie’s sixth recording on Chicago’s Southport label, which she and husband Bradley Parker Sparrow co own. Sparrow does more than serve as producer and recording engineer; he wrote and plays piano on a musical tribute to Jobim, “Antonio” (for which Joanie supplied the lyrics), and “So Fine.” Pallatto also penned new lyrics for Miles Davis’ “Somethin’ Else!” (on which she breezily sings and scats with Ron Cooper) and Kenny Dorham’s lovely “Blue Bossa.” These are high spots, as is Bob Dorough’s amusing “Love (Webster’s definition),” whose clever lyric lends itself perfectly to Pallatto’s sardonic point of view.

My particular favorites among the half–dozen standards are Rodgers and Hart’s “This Can’t Be Love” and the Gershwins’ “But Not for Me,” although the sensuous opener, Hoagy Carmichael / Paul Francis Webster’s “Baltimore Oriole,” doesn’t lag far behind in that parade. Pallatto spices the menu by using a number of admirable back–up groups from duo (she and guitarist Dave Onderdonk in a saucy rendition of the turn–of–the–last–century hit, “Daisy Bell”) to quintet with Windy City veterans Eldee Young, Redd Holt and Willie Pickens among the better–known names. They’re first–rate, as are pianist Lou Gregory, bassist Dan Shapera, drummer Chanté Hamilton, percussionist Alejo Poveda and flutist Rich Fudoli (who’s on board for “Love” and “Desafinado”). Pallatto may never become what the world considers a star, but she’s doing what she loves best, and doing it quite well. That should be enough to make anyone happy including, of course, those who are lucky enough to hear and appreciate what she has to say. ~ Jack Bowers   http://www.allaboutjazz.com/words-and-music-joanie-pallatto-southport-records-review-by-jack-bowers.php#.U4z4kSioqdl 
 

Personnel: Joanie Pallatto, vocals, with Rich Fudoli, flute; Dave Onderdonk, guitars; Lou Gregory, Willie Pickens, Bradley Parker

Words & Music

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Joanie Pallatto - It's Not Easy

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 54:06
Size: 123.9 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[6:24] 1. Violets Are Blue
[5:31] 2. Until I Touch The Ground
[4:00] 3. It's Not Easy
[3:27] 4. Get To Heaven
[6:17] 5. 24 Years Today
[4:26] 6. Lonely Train
[5:17] 7. Happy Life
[9:42] 8. Tickle, Tickle
[5:05] 9. A Love That Never Dies
[3:53] 10. Remember Me

It's Not Easy is a very different Joanie Pallatto recording. Co-owner along with pianist Bradley Parker-Sparrow of the jazz-oriented Southport label, Pallatto has always had an open-eared approach to music. Her voice is warm, flexible, and inviting whether expressing joy or melancholy moods. On It's Not Easy, the music ranges from atmospheric pieces to intimate duets, from folkish music and the feel of reggae to adventurous jazz. All ten of the selections are originals by the singer and she is in the spotlight nearly all of the time. If you listen closely, her lyrics (unfortunately the words are not reproduced in the liner notes) display insight, some wit, and a quirky way at looking at contemporary life, with "It's Not Easy" talking about the difficulties of writing a sad song when one is happy. However, the melodies are much less interesting, often using repetitive structures and not always serving the lyrics that well. Joanie Pallatto cuts loose in a few spots and is always fun to hear (though the group improvisation on "Tickle, Tickle," at over nine and a half minutes, is five minutes too long), but her CD is a mixed success. Her words deserve better themes. ~ Scott Yanow

Recording information: Sparrow Sound Design Recording Studio, Chicago, IL (01/13/2004-??/??/2007).

Joanie Pallatto (vocals, violin, ocarina, keyboards, programming, background vocals); Johnny Devlin (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, accordion, background vocals); Alejo Poveda (vocals, congas, bongos, timbales, percussion); Fareed Haque (guitar, acoustic guitar); Howard Levy (harmonica, piano); Bradley Parker-Sparrow (piano, programming); Eldee Young (acoustic bass); Eric Hochberg, John E. Magnan (electric bass); Michael Raynor (drums).

It's Not Easy

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Joanie Pallatto & Bradley Parker - Days With Joanie & Sparrow

Size: 162,9 MB
Time: 69:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Vocal Jazz
Art: Front

01. Comunicando ( 7:42)
02. Sangre Dulce (Sweet Blood) ( 7:05)
03. Flashes Of Light ( 5:16)
04. Days ( 4:37)
05. Katerina Tango ( 8:12)
06. Dog-A-Dog ( 3:23)
07. The Beauty Of It All ( 5:44)
08. Something For Nothing ( 5:31)
09. Love Will Be Found ( 6:58)
10. Dreams (11:30)
11. John Lennon ( 3:52)

"Days" with Joanie & Sparrow is a life collaboration of original songs.

featuring:
Joanie Pallatto - voice and Bradley Parker-Sparrow - piano
with:
Luiz Ewerling - drums, Kurt Schweitz - bass, George Freeman - guitar, Steve Gibons - violin, Bobby Lewis - trumpet and flugelhorn, Pat Mallinger - tenor saxophone, John Devlin - guitar and vocals, David Onderdonk - guitar, Alejo Poveda - congas, bongoes and percussion, Eldee Young - bass, and Redd Holt - drums.

Bradley Parker-Sparrow - pianist and composer
"Amazing and exciting" - Studs Terkel, Chicago
A Chicago native, Bradley Parker-Sparrow is a pianist, composer, recording engineer, record producer, writer, photographer and film maker. Composer-In-Residence
for The City of Chicago from 1979-1981, Parker-Sparrow has performed at The Chicago Jazz Festival, The San Francisco Jazz Festival, New York's "The Iridium" and many performances at
Preston Bradley Hall in Chicago. Sparrow has been a leader on numerous recordings, scored feature films, and composed music for Theatre and the Ballet. Founder of Sparrow Sound Design recording studio in 1977, Sparrow is partner with wife and singer Joanie Pallatto at Southport Records. The Southport catalog includes over 140 record projects.

Joanie Pallatto - vocalist and composer
"A stirring and special voice" - Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune
A native of Xenia, Ohio, Joanie Pallatto is a graduate of The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Pallatto toured with The Glenn Miller Orchestra as featured vocalist before moving to Chicago in 1979. Partner with pianist/composer and husband, Bradley Parker-Sparrow at Sparrow Sound Design and Southport Records, Pallatto has expertise in all aspects of musical production. As a solo singer, group singer and voiceover talent, she has recorded on hundreds of radio and television commercials nationally. As a jazz vocalist, Pallatto has released ten CDs, and performs at Chicago jazz clubs, including Katerina's, Andy's and the Green Mill, along with her New York debut at The Iridium. Concert engagements have included the Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, The Old Town School of Folk Music, Park West, Stage 773 and Bailiwick Theater; she was featured soloist with Daniel Barenboim in "Ellington Among Friends" at Symphony Center in 1999.

Days With Joanie & Sparrow

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