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Elissa Lala
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If one had to describe the jazz vocal style of Elissa Lala in just three words, they would be passionate, evocative and distinctive. The daughter of a professional trombonist, Elissa Lala grew up in Philadelphia and began singing professionally at the age of five. By the time she was in her early teens, Elissa was doing background vocal sessions at Philly’s then explosive Sigma Sound Studios. Although heavily influenced by R&B, she’d be quietly singing Michel Legrand’s “You Must Believe in Spring” while walking the Philly streets to that all girl Italian high school. Cleo Laine’s rendition of the ballad hit her hard
Touch of Your Voice: New Takes on Chet Baker
By Elissa Lala
Label: OmniTone
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Wind; You Don't Know What Love Is; Forgetful; Let's Get Lost; Almost Blue; I've Never
Been In Love Before; I'm Blaming It On Your Heart; This Is Always; While You're Away From
Me; You're Mine, You.
Elissa Lala: Touch of Your Voice: New Takes on Chet Baker
by Budd Kopman
Elissa Lala has a stunning, sultry, smoking delivery that makes these tunes associated with Chet Baker envelop the listener. Communication is the most important thing to her, and her singing, while pure of pitch and treated with what she calls a “natural" vibrato, speaks directly to the listener in a way that's reminiscent of Betty Carter. ...
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