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Vanessa Racci: Jazzy Italian
ByRacci's current recording is much less heavily slanted toward the raucous "C'é la luna mezzo mare" in her debut album. Even the Italian-language repertoire, such as "Volare," is updated to a montuno with an obligatory chorus in translation. Although the names Domenico Modugno and the San Remo song festival will mean absolutely nothing to an audience more than sixty years removed from the Modugno's surprise 1958 success in the United States market, "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" is surely aimed at a newer, contemporary audience. There are also nods to Henry Mancini, Jo Stafford (who was definitely not Italian, other than in her big-band association with Frank Sinatra) and even to John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey. There is really a lot of good listening here. If Racci's intent is to break out of the circle to which her previous work has been pitched, it should probably be successful. She deserves a broader following among a younger audience.
An added attraction is the very good band that accompanies Racci throughout. It swings hard and modern, make no mistake. It really does make the recording a pleasure to hear.
This is, by every musical standard, a successful outing.
Track Listing
Betcha I Getcha; Volare; At the Jazz Band Ball; Moon River; Coquette; Make Love to Me; I’m a Fool to Want You; A Lifetime or Two; A Sunday Kind of Love; Come Back Home With Me; September in the Rain; You’re Everything; At Last.
Personnel
Vanessa Racci
vocalsSteven Feifke
pianoGlafkos Kontemeniotis
pianoMark Lewandowski
bassCharles Goold
drumsSam Dillon
saxophone, tenorMark Darche
trumpetAlex Jeun
tromboneDanny Conga Valdez
congasAlbum information
Title: Jazzy Italian | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Zoho Music
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Richard J Salvucci
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