Jazz Articles about Charito

Charito: Heal the World

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2012

Dopo la morte di Michael Jackson la sua figura è stata oggetto di diversi tributi più o meno riusciti (tra i migliori senz'altro quelli di Enrico Rava o di Vijay Iyer sul CD di imminente uscita Accelerando), più o meno convinti, ma legati tra di loro dalla bellezza formale ed espressiva che la musica del Re del Pop porta dentro di sé. Non fa eccezione Heal the World, album firmato dalla vocalist Charito, che esplora le parte più morbida, luminosa ...

Charito: Heal The World

by C. Michael Bailey
June 23, 2011

Michael Jackson tribute discs are inevitable. Every stripe will be conceived and performed, from the sublime to the truly frightening. Chiming in at the front of the former line is Charito's excellent Heal The World. The Japan-based singer is best known for her successful string of recordings begun in the early 1990s. Her singing is plush and near perfect, well-suited for a contemporary repertoire like the Michael Jackson songbook. Produced by Harvey Mason, who also plays drums, Heal The World ...

Charito: Heal The World

by Dan Bilawsky
March 22, 2011

Michael Jackson's music has never been bound by genre lines. Jackson will always be known as the “King of Pop," but his recordings have always had a near-universal appeal that transcends any single category. While odd behavior in his private life--and repeated allegations of misconduct with minors--cast a pall over his image in his later years, his artistry was the one thing that was never in question. When Jackson passed away in 2009, a few things happened. ...

Charito: Watch What Happens

by Edward Blanco
November 23, 2009

Recognized as a prominent jazz singer in Japan, Philippine-born songbird Charito has been a vocal force in Asia and Europe since the early 1990s, and now presents perhaps her most ambitious project to date on Watch What Happens, a delightful collaboration with Grammy Award-winning French composer Michel Legrand. Stating that “This album has become one of my biggest accomplishments ever," Charito does, indeed, deliver a classy performance with her distinctive interpretation of love songs from Legrand's songbook. The singer embarks ...

Take Five With Charito

by AAJ Staff
April 5, 2009

Meet Charito:Distinctively a most prominent jazz vocalist in Japan with multi-awarded albums recorded and released internationally, Charito's artistry continues to establish its global presence with her recent and forthcoming tours in Europe, Asia, North and Latin America.

Her highly personal and expressive vocal style incorporates the breadth of her musical interests, from straight-ahead soulful ballads to hard- swinging grooves and improvisational adventures. Her approach is fresh and invigorating, paying tribute to the jazz tradition while interacting and exploring, ...