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Judi Silvano: Lessons Learned

Read "Lessons Learned" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


"Preferisco lavorare come parte di un ensemble piuttosto che pormi di fronte al gruppo --diceva Judy Silvano nel 2002 a Down Beat--Da quando ho iniziato a esibirmi nei primi anni ottanta ho avuto difficoltà a percepire i cantanti come una razza diversa dagli strumentisti." Una peculiarità che ritroviamo in Lessons Learned con Judi parte integrante di una band senza pianoforte, con due chitarristi (Kenny Wessel e Bruce Arnold), un sassofonista/clarinetto basso (Adam Kolker) e ritmica. In un paio di occasioni ...

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Judi Silvano & The Zephyr Band: Lessons Learned

Read "Lessons Learned" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Judi Silvano is a vocalist, singer and artist who has been around for some time, long enough to look back over her life and create this set of songs which reflect on her experiences and accumulated knowledge. Her music here contains elements of jazz, rock and other genres with a heavy reliance on guitars, both the straight ahead sound of Kenny Wessel and the more processed and altered work of Bruce Arnold. It's also enhanced by occasional injections of saxophone ...

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Judi Silvano: Indigo Moods

Read "Indigo Moods" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Conosciamo da tempo le capacità vocali di Judi Silvano, collaudate in una miriade di contesti a riprova della sua versatilità. Nonostante ciò questo suo disco - che la vede all'opera in un contesto minimalista, insieme al pianista Peter Tomlinson che offre il contesto armonico nel quale poi il trombettista Fred Jacobs colora con poche ed espressive note i versi degli standards - non manca di sorprenderci. In scaletta troviamo brani molto famosi, e proprio per questo così difficili da riproporre, ...

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Judi Silvano: Indigo Moods

Read "Indigo Moods" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Vocalist Judi Silvano celebrates 20 years of jazz recording with the release of Indigo Moods on the Jazzed Media label. After recording in a variety of formats, with and without husband and tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, Silvano lands here with a collection of standards that features pianist Peter Tomlinson providing the harmonic guidance and trumpeter Fred Jacobs adding the color. Such an intimate environment provides maximum artistic exposure for vocalists, and only the most experienced singers can not only withstand ...

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Judi Silvano: Cleome: Live Takes

Read "Cleome: Live Takes" reviewed by Jim Santella


Judi Silvano’s improvising quartet, Cleome, dares to push with a unique air as her voice melds with the ensemble’s three instrumental sounds in an uproar of motion. Making its flexible journey through space and revealing her extended range, the leader’s voice pierces like a soprano bullet that ricochets through the room in random patterns. Her vocal arrangements make musical sense, however, as she carries each melodic pattern in partnership with saxophonist George Garzone in an outré display that ...

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Judi Silvano: Women's Work

Read "Women's Work" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Molto interessante l’idea di Judi Silvano, vocalist e moglie del sassofonista Joe Lovano, di riunire una band tutta al femminile per interpretare un repertorio completamente in rosa. E altrettanto interessante la scelta di coprire un vasto arco temporale, quasi un secolo, e di dare voce ad una apprezzabile varietà di stili. Ma quello che poteva essere un vero punto di forza si rivela il tallone d’Achille di una registrazione che azzera le diversità sia compositive che vocali e sfocia in ...

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Judi Silvano: Women's Work: Live at Sweet Rhythm

Read "Women's Work: Live at Sweet Rhythm" reviewed by Suzanne Lorge


Each year since 2003 vocalist Judi Silvano has presented a concert featuring the music of female jazz composers during Women's History Month in March. In 2006 she recorded this effort live at New York City's Sweet Rhythm and the result is Women's Work, a collection of eleven inviting songs written by Abbey Lincoln, Blossom Dearie, Sheila Jordan, Bessie Smith and Silvano herself, among others.

Silvano used only female musicians for her band--Janice Friedman (piano), Jennifer Vincent (bass) and Allison Miller ...


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