Julie Was Her Name at Elegance Cafè Jazz Club

JULIE WAS HER NAME
MONICA GILARDI SINGS JULIE LONDON
Monica Gilardi presents the musical portrait of Julie London, an American singer who became famous thanks to the single “Cry me a river” contained in her first album “Julie is her name” in 1955. During her long career, Julie plays American standards of authors such as Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Gershwin, McHugh, Ellington.

But above all with her warm and sensual voice, she whispers to the public ballads that speak of unrequited loves, with colors and suggestions such as to elect her as a pioneer of the torch song and inspirer of many of the voices that came after her. The success of his “intimate” singing and the combo that accompanies it on his first album (a magnificent and poetic Barney Kessel on guitar, a solid Ray Leatherwood on double bass) spread quickly even outside the United States and reaching Brazil inspired singers and guitarists of the nascent bossanova....

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JULIE WAS HER NAME
MONICA GILARDI SINGS JULIE LONDON
Monica Gilardi presents the musical portrait of Julie London, an American singer who became famous thanks to the single “Cry me a river” contained in her first album “Julie is her name” in 1955. During her long career, Julie plays American standards of authors such as Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Gershwin, McHugh, Ellington.

But above all with her warm and sensual voice, she whispers to the public ballads that speak of unrequited loves, with colors and suggestions such as to elect her as a pioneer of the torch song and inspirer of many of the voices that came after her. The success of his “intimate” singing and the combo that accompanies it on his first album (a magnificent and poetic Barney Kessel on guitar, a solid Ray Leatherwood on double bass) spread quickly even outside the United States and reaching Brazil inspired singers and guitarists of the nascent bossanova.

Shortly after the release of her first album, she is already in the studio with great orchestras and great arrangers.

Monica Gilardi, voice
Filippo Delogu, guitar
Marco Loddo, double bass
Alfredo Romeo, drums

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