New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Doreen D'Agostino Media) Introducing Daniela Nardi's US Debut Album: Expresso Manifesto - The Songs Of Italy's
Paolo Conte -In Stores & Online July 11, 2012 On Acronym Records/EMI
Music Canada & ITunIntroducing Daniela Nardi's US debut album:
Expresso Manifesto: The Songs of Italy's
Paolo Conte
In Stores & online July 11, 2012 on Acronym Records/EMI
Music Canada & iTunes
"Daniela Nardi's Espresso Manifesto turns out to be a brilliant homage to legendary singer/songwriter
Paolo Conte. With beautiful arrangements very respectful of the original songs, Nardi majestically takes on this brilliant, jazz-inflected repertoire."
~ Stanley Péan of "Quand le jazz est là," CBC/Radio-Canada's Espace Musique.
One of Canada's most celebrated homegrown artists, Daniela Nardi, releases her stunning new US debut Jazz/World music album:
Espresso Manifesto -The Songs of
Paolo Conte on July 11, 2012 through Acronym Records/EMI
Music Canada. For more information please visit www.danielanardi.com
Award-winning singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Daniela Nardi shares her signature interpretations of the songs by legendary Italian artist
Paolo Conte, whose stature in Italy is comparable to that of
Melody Gardot, France's Jacques Brel,Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. Under the project title Espresso Manifesto, the Toronto-born daughter of Italian immigrants explores some adventurous and new creative territory on this album that has required her to step out of her musical comfort zone and into the wondrous exploration of the Italian Songbook.
Because Conte's work has such a strong male character, the project was extremely challenging from a female's perspective. Nardi has, however, managed to record a full album of his sometimes dark but ironic work, and draws on Conte's more vulnerable, emotional material. Her passionate re-workings of such stirring vintage numbers as the plaintive, haunting, tango-inspired "Gioco D'Azzardo," the beautifully bittersweet "Nina," the punchy, playful "Via Con Me" and the breezy, swinging "Gelato al Limon," offer powerful testimony to both Conte's enduring genius and Nardi's singular interpretive skills. The result is a transcendent cultural experience.
Nardi and her husband, renowned jazz pianist/composer Ron Davis, travelled to Italy to record the album at Elettra Studios in Italy's Umbria region. Produced by Nardi, with co-production from Davis and legendary producer/engineer Pasquale Minieri (Elisa, Vinicio Capossela,
Gianmaria Testa, Francesco DeGregori), they utilized the talents of a prestigious group of top-flight players drawn from Italy's most vibrant jazz community. Already in high rotation on CBC (Canada's national radio), as well as Espace Musique, the players on the 12-track album include Dario Rosciglione (bass - Danilo Rea,
Mario Biondi, Norah Jones) Fausto Mesolella (guitars - Avion Travel,
Paolo Conte,
Gianmaria Testa), Michele Rabbia (percussion - Stefano Battaglia),
Luciano Biondini (accordion - Rita Marcotulli, Enrico Rava, Ivano Fossati) Fabrizio Bosso (trumpet), Gabriele Mirabassi (clarinet -
Gianmaria Testa, Holly Cole) and Marcello DiLeonardo (drums - Stefania Rava, Battista Lean,
Rosario Giuliani).
"Espresso. The ultimate symbol of all things Italian. Dark. Rich. Earthy. Complex yet effortless. Elegant yet primal. Hot. When made in the right way, the only way, it is like nothing you have ever known. This is Italy to me. If one person embodies all these elements, it's
Paolo Conte. His music, his lyrics, the experience; as Italian as Espresso. This is my manifesto, my Espresso Manifesto: to create works that proudly display the wonders of those earthy, complex, elegant, primal people, my people - the Italian people." ~ Daniela Nardi
North American tour dates are in the works for 2012 and early 2013.
For more information, photos, CDs, mp3s, interviews, please contact:
Artist links
www.espressomanifesto.com
www.youtube.com/espressomanifesto1
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/espresso-manifesto-songs-paolo/id528743131
