Rare Italian Jazz: Tiziana Ghiglioni: Lonely Woman (1981)

Tiziana Ghiglioni is the best italian jazz singer and in her many years of activity she worked with many important jazz players as Kenny Drew, N.H.O. Pedersen, Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy, Tony Oxley, Charlie Mariano, Kenny Clarke, Aldo Romano, P. Bley, Lee Konitz, Tony Scott, ecc.
Here we present her first album: Lonely Woman (1981) never reissued in CD.

LONELY WOMAN (Dischi della Quercia Q28014)
Tiziana Ghiglioni Jazz Singer
Milano 1981

Larry Nocella (sax t.)
Riccardo Zegna (p)
Piero Leveratto (bs)
Luigi Bonafede (drm)

Side A (new link)
Lonely Woman
Nostalgia in Time Square
Medley:
a. Have You Met Miss Jones
b. The Days of Wine and Roses
c. Nice Work If You Can Get It

Side B (new Link)
'Round About Midnight
You've Changed
Day Dream
Out of Nowhere

In the following video we can see her in the title track of the album with the same musicians except for Larry Nocella replaced by Pietro Tonolo

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For more informations see:

Tiziana Ghiglioni on Myspace

GEROVIJAZZ (in italian)

Jazz Live in Europe: Nina Simone At Montreux Jazz Festival 1976

The Montreux Jazz Festival in Swizerland is one of the most important jazz festivals in Europe.

The great jazz vocalist Nina Simone (1933-2003) in the years went there four times (1968, 1976, 1987, 1990).

The Concert of 1976 is considered the best one, her performance was incredible, exciting, riveting. She doesn't only sing, but also has an amusing interaction with the audience, as you can see in these two moments of the concert.

This first song is a spectacular interpretation of Feelings the famous song written in 1956 by Loulou Gaste (originally in french: Pour Toi)

The second Stars is quite a show with personal considerations on different artists.

Finally enjoy this particular break in which Nina is ironically fighting with the microphone.

If you've appreciated this videos you can find the DVD with the whole concert here

Jazz Live in Europe: Dianne Reeves in Montreux 1989

Dianne Reeves (1956) is one of the most important contemporary jazz singers.
In 1989 when she appeared for the first time in Europe at Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland had a big success and her name became popular.
Here we can see two moments of that concert.

The musicians are
David Torkanowsky (p)
Chris Severin (bs)
Billy Kilson (drm)

Jazz Live in Europe: Cassandra Wilson

Two interesting videos from different tours in Europe by Cassandra Wilson

one of the most impressive voices of jazz scene, coming from deep south of United States: Jackson, Mississippi.

The first one is Harvest Moon performed in Stuttgart (Germany) July 1996, during the promotional tour for her album New Moon Daughter with:

- Marvin Servel (gt)
- Antony Peterson (gt)
- Lonne Plaxico (bs)
- Fred Alias (dr)
- Jeff Hynes (perc)

The second one Children on the Night comes from Jazz in Marciac (France) July 2003. The musicians are:

-Steve Coleman (a sax)
- Brandon Ross (gt)
- Grégore Moret (harm)
- Lonnie Paxico (bs)
-Jeff Hynes (perc)