Results for "Gabrielle Cavassa"

Gabrielle Cavassa

Born: July 5, 1994

Gabrielle Cavassa is a California-born vocalist-composer of Italian descent, now based in New Orleans. Her distinctive voice and intimate expression have garnered widespread recognition, including being crowned co-winner of the 2021 International Sarah Vaughan Jazz Vocal Competition.

Cavassa’s early love for music started when she began collecting and “obsessively listening” to records at a young age. Her expression reflects a wide range of influences, including the likes of Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Ornella Vanoni, and Jeff Buckley. Her songwriting confronts challenging topics with a raw and honest approach, as though she’s sharing diary entries with the world.

For All We Know

By Adonis Rose

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face; So Many Stars; You Taught My Heart to Sing; You Go to My Head; For All We Know; What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life; I Still Think She’s Pretty; Second Thoughts; Blues for Lex.

Master Drummer And Artistic Director Of The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Releases His First Standards Album, 'For All We Know'

March 11, 2024

Renowned drummer and Artistic Director of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Adonis Rose, releases his new ballads album For All We Know, featuring his trio and vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa, on Storyville Records. Gabrielle Cavassa (winner of the Sarah Vaughan competition in 2021) represents a new generation of wonderful and very talented new vocalists who knows the ...

Joshua Redman Group At Gates Concert Hall

by Steven Roby
March 6, 2024

Joshua Redman Group Gates Concert Hall Denver, Colorado March 1, 2024 A luminary of contemporary jazz, Joshua Redman graced Gates Concert Hall last Friday with his stellar group featuring Paul Cornish (piano), Philip Norris (bass), Nazir Ebo (drums), and the outstanding vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa. The 100-minute sold-out performance relied ...

Joshua Redman Group at the Cleveland Museum of Art

by C. Andrew Hovan
January 19, 2024

Joshua Redman Group featuring Gabrielle Cavassa Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, Ohio January 10, 2024 While the Cleveland Museum of Art is acknowledged worldwide for its fine collection of works, the performance space provided by the 683-seat Gartner Auditorium has seen its share of ups and downs. ...

Nabou Claerhout, Mbuso Khoza, Fire! Orchestra, Jaimie Branch & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 9, 2024

The past four episodes were dedicated to a retrospective and a celebration of the many good things that happened in the jazz world in 2023, through a focus on our favorite songs of the last few months. This time we revert to our regular overview of recent and upcoming releases... some which could also have been ...

Where Are We

By Joshua Redman

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: After Minneapolis (face toward mo[u]rning); Streets Of Philadelphia; Chicago Blues; Baltimore; By The Time I get To Phoenix; Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?; Manhattan; My Heart In San Francisco (Holiday); That’s New England; Alabama (Intro); Stars Fell On Alabama; Alabama; Where Are You?.

Joshua Redman: Where Are We

by Dave Linn
September 24, 2023

After graduating from Berkeley High School in 1986, Joshua Redman (son of jazz legend Dewey Redman) won a full scholarship to Harvard, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1991. He was accepted at Yale Law School to become a lawyer. Instead, he embarked on a musical career which quickly turned luminous. He won the Thelonious ...

Registration For The 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Is Now Open

May 14, 2022

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced the opening of the 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. The search is on for the next great jazz singer! Solo vocalists from around the world are encouraged to submit their entries before September 6, 2022, by visiting SarahVaughanCompetition.com. In the Fall 2022, the Top Five ...

2021: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 31, 2021

The jazz world continued grappling and adjusting in year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Jazz Day again went virtual for the most part. Singer Tony Bennett put the final stamp on his touring--and likely recording--career after his Alzheimer's disclosure. Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield was headed to federal prison. The National Endowment for the Arts welcomed four ...