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Judi Silvano

What Judi Silvano has been able to accomplish thus far gives the appearance of multiple artists' careers strung together—but it's all Judi. In fact, she's always got a new project ready to fly, oftentimes dovetailing and overlapping her previous efforts. Born in Philadelphia, with a degree (in both Music and Dance) from Temple University, Judi made her way to New York City in 1976 where she launched her career as an improviser—of dance at first. But jazz would not be far behind. An alchemist of music and movement, her career as a choreographer and dancer led her straight to NYC's downtown music scene where her improvisational spirit could run free

Notre Vie Comme Un Western

By MARY FOSTER CONKLIN

The Bastille Day broadcast included new releases from John Finbury & Thelma De Freitas, Calabria Foti, Peter Eldridge & Kenny Werner and Maggie Gould plus birthday shout outs to songwriters Jimmy McHugh, Joan Whitney, saxophonist Lauren Sevian, drummer Gayelynn McKinney, cellist Akua Dixon, bassist Iris Ornig, vocalists Suzanne Pittson, Debbie Harry, Luciana Souza and trumpter Carol ...

Famous Jazz Mothers And Their Young

By MARY FOSTER CONKLIN

The Mothers Day broadcast included new releases from Molly Hammer, Mary Stallings, Vivian Sessoms and Lisa Maxwell, with birthday shout outs to Carla Bley in the first hour, Mary Lou Williams in the second hour, plus vocalists Judi Silvano, John Proulx, Barb Jungr and trumpeter Nadje Noordhuis, among others, plus cuts from some famous jazz mothers ...

You've Got a Friend - Happy Birthday to Carole King!

By MARY FOSTER CONKLIN

This broadcast fell on the day of the Grammy awards and included new releases from vocalists Catherine Russell and Tierney Sutton respectively, composer Miho Hazama, pianist Beegie Adair and trombonist Jennifer Wharton, with birthday shout outs to Natalie Cole, Anne Marie Moss, plus a few jazz treatments of songs by Carole King in the fourth hour ...

Judi Silvano: Lessons Learned

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 ...

Lessons Learned

By JUDI SILVANO

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Round and Round; You Will Know; Dark Things; Castle Song; Dust; Hand and Heart; After Love; Shuffle and Sway; Riding a Zephyr; The Music's In My Body.

Judi Silvano & The Zephyr Band: Lessons Learned

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 ...

Bailey’s Bundle – Seven Women (Plus Three) 2018 – Part IX

By C. MICHAEL BAILEY

Yilian Cañizares and Omar Sosa Aguas Ota Records 2018 Pianist/composer Omar Sosa has established himself as a pioneer at the edge of Cubano-Caribbean music. Sosa teams with violinist/vocalist Yilian Cañizares for a breezy and sensual stroll through 11 original, for lack of a better term, world music compositions that are as ...