jazz1 Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Just received a recording (2cds) done in Bern Switzerland in 2003. She is accompanied by Ronnie Mathews on piano, Roy Hargrove on trumpet, Jimmy Wood on bass, and Willie Jones 111 on drums. What a set! I think that it was recorded for Swiss radio. This girl is just plain amazing, how comes she does not have a recording contract?? This is really a mystery, Verve or Blue Note should grab her. Don't they know when they hear/see something really good, or maybe she is too good ?? Has any of you guys seen Roberta Gambarini perform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Just received a recording (2cds) done in Bern Switzerland in 2003. She is accompanied by Ronnie Mathews on piano, Roy Hargrove on trumpet, Jimmy Wood on bass, and Willie Jones 111 on drums. What a set! I think that it was recorded for Swiss radio. This girl is just plain amazing, how comes she does not have a recording contract?? This is really a mystery, Verve or Blue Note should grab her. Don't they know when they hear/see something really good, or maybe she is too good ?? Has any of you guys seen Roberta Gambarini perform. I raved about exactly the same set earlier, too. I can't find that thread of post of mine, maybe it was in some general female vocalist topic. I like her a lot, too! ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Is this available somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted January 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Is this available somewhere? As I said it was recorded by a Swiss radio station. The cd does not exist as such, it was an off-air recording put on cdr by a friend of mine. Roberta has been performing in the USA with Roy Hargrove. I believe her manager is the same as Roy. Wondering if some of you guys seen her perform. I read somewhere that she would be in Boston soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Is this available somewhere? you know it is be patient and heaven will come to earth... ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 be patient and heaven will come to earth... This board brings bits of paradise to earth like no other place .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 be patient and heaven will come to earth... This board brings bits of paradise to earth like no other place .... feel free to remind me if heaven don't come by itself... ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 (edited) She was doing a short European tour last summer, and played two club nights at Molde Jazz Festival, Norway (sans Hargrove). I caught one set each night. She really delivers, good range, picks nice tunes, communicates with the audience, scats better than most. It's strange she's having trouble getting a decent recording deal in the US. Is it possible it's because she's a foreigner (Italian)? Edited January 26, 2004 by pepe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Is this available somewhere? you know it is but do I know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Roberta Gambarini - "Jazz Condition" column by Ken Franckling United Press International, February 18, 2003 Two weeks after she arrived in the United States from her native Italy in 1998, Roberta Gambarini stunned many in the jazz world as a virtual unknown with a third place finish in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition. While past Monk competitions for voice and instruments had favored young lions and lionesses of jazz, a new rules interpretation saw the win go to a re-emerging veteran, Teri Thornton, who since died from cancer. Second place went to the young and charming jazz/cabaret rising star, Jane Monheit. The Monk finish landed Monheit a solid multi-project record contract with N2K Encoded Music. In the public's mind, she could be the singer to succeed Diana Krall as marketing's jazz darling of the decade. So what of Gambarini? This 30-something cut her teeth on Europe's jazz scene for more than a dozen years before moving to New York, now her home, and dipping her toes in the U.S. jazz scene. Nearly five years since the Monk Competition in Washington, D.C., she continues to build a loyal following with her musicality at jazz clubs and festivals throughout the United States and Europe. And she does so with no hype and -- to the astonishment of many -- no record deal. "It's related to the market," Gambarini said. "I was under contract when I first came to the United States. It was never fulfilled but it took me two years to get out of that arrangement. I had to start all over again. "Now, I'm waiting for the best situation. It changes. I'm being careful. I want to make sure that when I sign, there will be appropriate promotion," she continued. "It depends on the people. You need to have the people who are really honest about the music and are not just out to make a quick buck. We're working on that." It's not for lack of effort. She and trumpeter Roy Hargrove share a fine manager, Larry Clothier, who continues to book her into festivals and seek that elusive solid contract. Gambarini spoke about her career in late September between impressive back-to-back West Coast performances. One was in the intimate confines of The Jazz and Blues Company in Carmel, Calif. The other was a few miles away at the 45th annual Monterey Jazz Festival. Her band included pianist Eric Gunnison, bassist Jimmy Woode and drummer Willie Jones III. She was most creative with her scatting versions of "On the Sunny Side of the Street," emulating vocally the Dizzy Gillespie trumpet solo and the tenor sax solos of Stan Getz and Sonny Rollins from an all-star jazz version of the tune, and a trumpet-like solo on "Everything Happens to Me." She said her trumpet-like scatting concept comes from hearing recordings by the Mills Brothers. As she emulates the horn vocally, she thinks of trumpet playing by Miles Davis, Art Farmer, Chet Baker and Freddie Hubbard. Her versions of the teasing blues "Centerpiece," "Daydream" and "Midnight Sun" also were standouts from the two appearances. "A lot of bass players don't care to accompany singers. I love it," says Ellington band alumnus Woode, who has lived in Europe for decades but returns to the United States for occasional performances. "I worked with Lee Wiley, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan. And now it is nice to see a young, fresh talent like Roberta," Woode said. "And she's a jazz singer. There are not many jazz singers out there. I've done 10 to 12 concerts with her over the past year and one half, mostly in Europe. "I'd like to work with her more, but I'm not often in America. She's a total artist and she knows the music. We have some sort of chemistry that works. And it is working better and better all the time. And she is a lovely person and her personality comes out in her music. She is not pretentious in any way," Woode said. Gambarini's taste in music is exquisite. To want to make a song her own, she has to identify with the lyric in some way and "the beauty of the melody, of course." "I like Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg. There are some great songs by contemporary jazz musicians. Pat Metheny has written some really beautiful songs but a lot of them don't have lyrics," Gambarini said. She performed an entire night of late trumpeter-composer Kenny Dorham's music at the Jazz Standard club in New York with bassist Ron Carter and others. She sang at a Benny Carter tribute at Holland's North Sea Jazz Festival, where she has appeared with pianist Hank Jones. She has worked with the great Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes at both stateside and international venues. She has been writing lyrics for some tunes by obscure pianist Elmo Hope but hasn't performed them in public much, if at all, yet. "I am more concentrating to standard repertoire because people relate to it more in America." she said. "More original material will come later on." Gambarini said she also is a fan of other vocalists including Mark Murphy, Shirley Horn, Jimmy Scott, Andy Bey, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ethel Ennis, Nancy Wilson, Tierney Sutton and the late Eva Cassidy. As a teenager, when her peers were listening to American and Italian pop, she was checking out her dad's jazz record collection. She got hooked on the music and has developed a captivating, confident voice as she has matured into a serious artist. Now, she puts her own spin on jazz chestnuts, works from the Great American Songbook, and waits for the recording industry to notice how well she does it with her singular approach. "The most important thing for me now, even more than style," she said, "is to establish a connection with the audience." had no time yet to read further than the first two paragraphs. took it from here ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 And here's some photos of her: inside out images © bruce moore ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 ubu, why don't you have a dvd of her !?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Verve or Blue Note should grab her. Deep in your heart you know they won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 ubu, why don't you have a dvd of her !?!?! Can you watch swiss tv, Mike? SF2 (or sometimes 3sat) do broadcast Bern Jazzfestival concerts. I do not follow it (have no Video, no DVD-recording facility, and no own tv either, only watching at my girlfriend's), but it might be worth it! I have no idea though if they did broadcast anything from Gamabarini, as the Bern Jazz Festival had to change locations and had a whole new concept last year: the new location is some sort of a club, each artist plays for a whole week, and one of these evenings is recorded by swiss radio, broadcast partially live, and later they broadcast some more, at times the same again, in other cases (as with Gambarini, hence 2 sets around) other material. ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted January 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Jeeez!!!!!!!!! woowww!!!!!!!!!!, not only she sounds like the real thing, sings with passion and she looks like a real woman!!! and Italian too. Here I go, I'm falling in love again!!! Roberta, Roberta, Roberta.!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Jeeez!!!!!!!!! woowww!!!!!!!!!!, not only she sounds like the real thing, sings with passion and she looks like a real woman!!! and Italian too. Here I go, I'm falling in love again!!! Roberta, Roberta, Roberta.!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Can you watch swiss tv, Mike? SF2 (or sometimes 3sat) do broadcast Bern Jazzfestival concerts. No Swiss TV, but 3sat, they often broadcast recordings of Swiss jazz festival around the time normal people (who are definitely not interested in such things as jazz) are sound asleep - but there is a VHS recorder in my posession, and moreover, I know how to use Showview and stuff, hehehe B) I'll watch out for her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackerma Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Hello, do you know, if SF2 would deliver or sell such a registration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Hmmm, Jazz1, sorry to pile on, but: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted February 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Hmmm, Jazz1, sorry to pile on, but: Never mind mind falling in love, now it is lust too. Roberta "You'de be so nice to come home to" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Friends, here's some good news: Gambarini on 3sat Roberta Gambarini feat. Slide Hampton & Johnny Griffin Jazzbaltica 2004 Roberta Gambarini - Gesang Roy Hargrove - Trompete Slide Hampton - Posaune Johnny Griffin - Tenorsaxofon Eric Gunnison - Klavier Martin Wind - Bass Willie Jones III - Schlagzeug Hargrove and Jones are also in the band on that other live recording I have (will try to transfer that to CDR soon). ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 it looks like those of you who live near nyc will have a chance to hear gambarini perform with the dizzy gillespie alumni all stars at the blue note 10/19-21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Friends, here's some good news: Gambarini on 3sat Roberta Gambarini feat. Slide Hampton & Johnny Griffin Jazzbaltica 2004 Roberta Gambarini - Gesang Roy Hargrove - Trompete Slide Hampton - Posaune Johnny Griffin - Tenorsaxofon Eric Gunnison - Klavier Martin Wind - Bass Willie Jones III - Schlagzeug Hargrove and Jones are also in the band on that other live recording I have (will try to transfer that to CDR soon). ubu This is on tonight, 3sat, 1:35-2:50 a.m.! I heard parts of both the All Stars set (Hargrove, Hampton, Griffin & rhythm) and the set with the NDR big band on radio already, last week. Now this will add the visuals... Don't miss it, Mike! ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 When did Willie Jones III pick up the schlagzeug? He could hurt himself. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 This is on tonight, 3sat, 1:35-2:50 a.m.! I sure will tape that! Just wanted to post it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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