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Vanessa Racci: Jazzy Italian

by Richard J Salvucci
September 11, 2023

Vanessa Racci describes herself a jazz / cabaret singer of Italian-American descent with a passion for retro jazz and music made famous by Italian Americans. She has a previous album, entitled Italiana Fresca (2017, self-produced), and currently performs several shows that celebrate American jazz composers, Italian American music and contributions to jazz and pop in the ...

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Jazzy Italian

Featuring the music of Vanessa Racci
Duration: 3:19
August 7, 2023

Introducing Vanessa Racci's second album, Jazzy Italian, to release physically and digitally wherever music is sold October 21, 2022 via the Zoho Jazz Label. Jazzy Italian is a celebration of Italian American composer contributions to jazz in America from its inception in 1917 through to modern day.

Musician

Vanessa Racci

Growing up with her Southern Italian grandfather in New York, Vanessa learned Italian American classics and jazz at an early age, hearing Dean Martin, Connie Francis, Frank Sinatra and the like played throughout the house. She developed as a singer in musical theater (starring in professional theater at age 12), discovered her love for jazz in her 20’s and started touring with a trio.

After her grandfather passed, Vanessa was inspired to reinvent the Italian classics that he taught her with modern jazz arrangements to keep the music alive for future generations. She teamed up with Gianni Valenti of Birdland Jazz Club NYC, producer, David Finck, and Manhattan Transfer arranger, Yaron Gershovsky, to realize her vision. The result was a sold-out album release show at Birdland in 2017 and a unique album entitled, Italiana Fresca, that reached #65 on the jazz charts. Since then, she has performed at over 70 festivals, events and jazz clubs across the country and has been played on over 20 Italian radio stations across the US and Italy.

Album

Jazzy Italian

By Vanessa Racci

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2022
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.