Italian Jazz Vocalists

[abbyflute]

Does anyone know of any up and coming Italian jazz vocalists?
If so, Can you recommend any CD's ?

[bubber]

Roberta Gambarini - she's really great, deserving a lot more attention than she's got up to now. You'll find a thread on her at the Artists and Bands section here.

[Bev Stapleton]

Maria Pia de Vito.

Hardly up and coming as she's been working for years but has been working in the UK in recent years and has a high profile here.

You can hear her on:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000068OU7.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

An excellent solo album, very different from the normal standards type disc most contemporary vocalists put out.

This one with John Taylor and Ralph Towner is beautiful too:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004UDUH.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

She has sung with Colin Towns orchestra and band to great effect:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000240SN.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

and 'Nowhere and Heaven' and 'Dreaming Man in Blue Suede Shoes'.

There are a lot of Italian recordings too, for example:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00002DEHW.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Details about this wonderful singer here:

http://www.ijm.it/

Use the search engine. The bio comes in Italian first, in English further down the page.