Award-winning vocalist Chiara Izzi <\/b>presents her new live recording project, Live in Bremen<\/i><\/b>, marking her second album release on Dot Time Records<\/b>. Due out March 11, 2022<\/b>, Live in Bremen <\/i>flaunts the <\/b>New York-based, Italian singer-songwriter\u2019s keen ear and dialectal brilliance as she tells stories in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and English. By employing a piano-and-song format alongside the gifted pianist Andrea Rea<\/b>, Izzi weaves together a variety of cultural subjects, creating an intimate and universal auditory experience for listeners all over the world.<\/p>\n
With a foundation of American, Argentinian and Italian jazz music, Live in Bremen <\/i>embodies a classical richness that is enhanced by Izzi\u2019s stylistic method of blending her lyrics and languages. Borrowing approaches from her several different musical worlds, Izzi began this project by reimagining familiar standards and allowing each song\u2019s original melodies and harmonies to dictate the language of her own arrangement and lyrics. This tactic is displayed on tracks like \u201cPavane For Peaceful Times<\/b>,\u201d where Izzi added English lyrics to the Gabriel Faur\u00e9 composition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough adding these new flavors to established works I hope to share a meaningful story, building on the authenticity already present in these pieces,\u201d Izzi notes. \u201cI am<\/span>\u00a0aiming to joyfully honor jazz and its iterations across borders and time while illustrating how artists continually learn, influence\u00a0and borrow from one another. Music is a language we all know and share.\u201d<\/p>\n Izzi takes inspiration from Esperanza Spalding\u2019s arrangement of the Johnny Green original, \u201cCuerpo y Alma<\/b>\u201d (\u201cBody and Soul\u201d), presenting a slower reimagination of the tune, and offering room for Rea to improvise a playful, bouncing piano solo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n P<\/span>aying\u00a0homage\u00a0to the Italian jazz repertory on her rendition of the D\u2019Anzi-Bracchi classic \u201cTu, Musica Divina<\/b>,\u201d Izzi highlights the\u00a0similarities between the well-known American songwriters and their unsung Italian counterparts.\u201cSamba in Preludio<\/b>\u201d is a sonic artifact of the 1970s, resonating both Brazilian and Italian influences in a sulky ballad about a broken heart. \u201cMiradas<\/b>,\u201d which translates to \u201clook\u201d or \u201cgaze\u201d in English, is a collaboration\u00a0by Italian composer Nicola Corso and Yanina Lombardi. The longtime friendship between the pair is palpable in the inviting atmosphere of the opening composition.<\/p>\n Izzi\u2019s final track travels close to her homeland. \u201cTerra Nostra<\/b>,\u201d an Italian folk song from the vocalist\u2019s home region, Molise, is sung in a local dialect. A depiction of Molise\u2019s rich culture, lush\u00a0landscapes and vibrant young community, \u201cTerra Nostra\u201d is a sentimental tune brimming with possibility.<\/p>\n By uniting a variety of dialects, Chiara Izzi showcases her command of several languages while simultaneously guiding her listeners through an advanced and enriching lesson in anthropology. Her carefully curated standards call upon a wide selection of artists, writers, places and ideas \u2014 all that have inspired her insightful, unique career. Live in Bremen<\/i> offers more than the silken texture of a vocal-piano duo tape, but a rare example of a masterful communicator, a woman who is fluent in languages, art form and their multitudes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Award-winning vocalist Chiara Izzi presents her new live recording project, Live in Bremen, marking her second album release on Dot Time Records. Due out March 11, 2022, Live in Bremen flaunts the New York-based, Italian singer-songwriter\u2019s keen ear and dialectal brilliance as she tells stories in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and English. By employing a piano-and-song […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1228,"template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"product_cat":[184],"product_tag":[],"release_label":[202],"yoast_head":"\n