(Vocal Jazz) Letizia Gambi - Introducing Letizia Gambi - 2012, MP3, 320 kbps

Letizia Gambi / Introducing Letizia Gambi Жанр: Vocal Jazz Год издания: 2012 Аудиокодек: MP3 Тип рипа: tracks Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Продолжительность: 01:13:17 Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: нет Треклист: 01. SECRET TEARS (UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA) 02. APPOCUNDRIA 03. AND I THINK OF YOU (E PENSO A TE) 04. SOLI 05. YOU ARE SO SPECIAL (TU SI’ ‘NA COSA GRANDE) 06. A TIME 07. ’O SOLE MIO 08. THE QUESTION OF U 09. PASSIONE 10. BACHELORETTE 11. THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE 12. MY TOWN (CARMELA) 13. MUNASTERIO ‘E SANTACHIARA / IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD 14. YO SOY EL SUR   Об исполнителе (группе) Some music seems easiest to define by describing what it's not. Especially when it's music that marks such a strong, confident arrival of new ideas – or a revival of older ones – or some compelling, intelligent mix of what's new and what's new again. Introducing Letizia Gambi is one of those dramatic arrivals that challenges categories and assumptions. Yes, the number of jazz-world heavyweights on this disc is nothing short of staggering, yet it's clearly not a jazz album. Lovers of the Great Neapolitan Song-book will find a number of familiar friends here – reconfigured in surprising ways – but it's not a simple revisiting of those classic melodies. And though a few of these tracks reveal a refined, Euro-chill kind of feel, they do not constitute an artful pastiche of laid-back styles that has lately grown to a common fad. Introducing Letizia Gambi is a focused and a warmly absorbing debut by a young woman who, with the support of a visionary producer and seasoned musicians, has woven a rich variety of musical sources into a sound that defies stylistic distinctions and geographic distances. It's a longer way of saying simply that this album is indeed a rare thing – one that deserves to be heard and considered according to its own merits. There's a lot here to hear and to consider, including Gambi's own story. She's a Neapolitan by birth and musical identity. Displaced to Como in the north of Italy as a youngster, she grew up compelled to a path of artistic expression. She danced, sang, performed, painted, and returned to Naples when she could. While still in her teens, traveled to London to study musical theater, graduated art school as a designer, and then began attending acting school in Milan. In the end, music held the upper hand. Gambi auditioned for Milan's International Jazz Academy, and was one of only seven accepted. She graduated with a masters degree, and a burning desire to find a way to sing in a manner that drew upon the various vocal approaches she had come to love – from canzone Napoletana to operatic romanze, Tin Pan Alley ballads to present-day R&B. Was there a way to interweave these traditions and not sound too in the tradition? Could they blend—breathe—together, in an organic, contemporary way? This was the dream that Gambi shared with Lenny White one evening in late 2009. The budding singer met the accomplished drummer and producer—best known for his ac complishments in the world of Fusion-era jazz—after a gig in Milan. White was intrigued: "Send me something. If I like it, I'll work with you." Gambi sent something: an English version of the old Neapolitan canto "Carmela" and White was hooked. What began as a creative challenge quickly became a full album project requiring Gambi's presence in New York City, and eventually included an impressive circle of musicianship: keyboardists Chick Corea, Patrice Rushen, and Gil Goldstein. Bassists Ron Carter, John Benitez, and Dave Finch. Trumpeter Wallace Roney and saxophonist Gato Barbieri. Guitarist Nick Moroch and bandoneoneroHector Del Curto. First-call percussionists, string players and orchestrators, with White himself on drums throughout. Introducing Letizia Gambi is the result of a year and a half of inspired songwriting and studio work. Its stylistic and linguistic mix – English, Italian, Neapolitan and Spanish – shows off the album's borderless ambitions. There's a satisfying balance of themes that deal with romance and ruefulness from a variety of genres, including more traditional – like Duke Ellington and older cantautore of Naples – to such recent song crafters as Bjork and fellow Neapolitan Pino Daniele (whose longtime favorite "Appocundria" – with its whisp of a melody – receives a grand, sweeping treatment on this collection). Gambi's voice is front and center, comfortably convincing across a range of rhythms and moods. She ably handles a song's sense of drama, without tipping to an extreme: "Secret Tears", the album's kickoff tune taken from a Donizetti opera, is a stellar example. She can plumb the emotional depth of a lyric, telling its story from beginning to end. She can be facile and loose, or bite into and convincingly sell a hook – as she does so well on her own composition "A Time", co-written with White. Speaking of originals: most were composed with White's structural guidance, and Gambi's songwriting ability merits its own applause. On tunes like "The Love Of Your Life" and "My Town", she proves herself bilingually adept, marrying message and melody, bringing an Italian lyricism and confidence to her English pronunciation. "Yo Soy El Sur", is especially significant: a powerful statement of Southern pride that literally sings down the various travails and unexpected troubles she faced in recording this album. True to Gambi's initial vision, the album's primary roots remain the music of her youth, and the vocal jazz she later embraced. It's a musical kinship that makes sense: in both, equal attention is afforded melody as well as embellishment, with highest value placed on a singer's personal stamp. In both, there's an abiding reverence for what came before—songs are kept around for a long time. These shared priorities come through in Gambi's medley of the nostalgic ode to Naples "Munasterio 'e Santachiara" and Ellington's "In A Sentimental Mood". They are there in the playful revival of Bruno Canfora "Soli" (originally a hit for Italian songbird Mina in 1965) as well as Gambi's updating of older classics "Tu Sì 'Na Cosa Grande", and that capo of Neapolitan melodies, "O Sole Mio". (Dig Gambi's impromptu flow on the closing moments of the last.) There are details that pull upwards on the corners of the mouth, like Barbieri's solo on the tango-ized take of Prince's "The Question of U" (that briefly quotes his own "Theme from Last Tango in Paris") and the eerie vocal echo of a line from Madama Butterfly in "Bachelorette". There are elements woven throughout—Del Curto's wispy bandoneon lines and White's nuanced rhythms—that provide the album a satisfyingly consistent feel and remind the ear of the group effort behind these tracks. Introducing Letizia Gambi lives up to its title. On it, intermittently, Gambi speaks directly of herself and the deep musical roots she inherited, revealing her natural speaking voice with its colorful accent. It's a novel idea that works well, as does the brief excerpt of a home recording of her uncle singing "Passione"— another song from Naples' rich legacy—that precedes her own rendition, refitted with an electric guitar solo. It speaks to the triumph of the marriage of eras and styles that defines this album and promises much more to come. Brava! Ashley Kahn     Состав Letizia Gambi vocals & back vocals Max Ionata sax Antonio Farao’ piano Dario Rosciglione bass Lenny White drums     Доп. информация: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iUPIJLOO6gY Оф.сайт: http://www.letiziagambi.com/