Promotional Video for Vocalist / Violinist Calabria Foti Concert clips and interviews.
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Пікірлер: 23
@jokathrynjones30722 жыл бұрын
Wow. Calabria Foti is a musician's musician. Flawless renditions...mood altering songs. Thank you so much.
@enaungong8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and beautiful.
@MJLeger-yj1ww9 жыл бұрын
I have several of her CDs and love them, I'd never heard her play the violin -- what a remarkable talent -- and right on pitch, lovely voice! I like her scat but I love her ballads. I have to remember she's jazz too, and that's nice also. Thanks for this!
@peterring18849 жыл бұрын
Calabria,your intonation is to die for.And when your emotions interact with the music and lyrics a unique phrasing results.Nice rep too.Pleasant!
@MarkBlackburnWPG
5 жыл бұрын
Best one-line summary of what makes Calabria so special. Thanks for posting, Peter Ring.
@BillyNP12 жыл бұрын
Calabria, what can I say: you have it all!!!! Beauty, grace and unlimited talent. When you sing-the sound is clear as a bell. You have superior intonation, time, phrasing and a great feel for the material, be it standards or your own compositions. You make the violin sing and that has been documented on many a recording and in many renowned orchestras. Simply put...You Are Music!!!!!!
@MarkBlackburnWPG
5 жыл бұрын
An absolutely perfect, concise summing-up of what makes Calabria such a treasure. That she is still almost unknown is . . . a crime!
@bwade878611 жыл бұрын
wow i will buy all all her stuff thank you for good music thank you thank you
@dougbaseball10 жыл бұрын
I am absolutely hooked......I will buy everything she records. She needs to gig here in Carmel, IN at the Palladium. After a rough day at work...listening to her voice makes my day better. Can't say enough good things....
@karenmccants14399 жыл бұрын
Fantastic singer...just beautiful.
@sarahannpace16096 жыл бұрын
so great what a lovely voice
@barbaranovello61845 жыл бұрын
Perfection.
@garyminello87843 жыл бұрын
What a find....fantastic voice...can’t stop listening
@brunofoti72828 жыл бұрын
Bravissima Calabria sei una grande musicista!!!
@miketako11 жыл бұрын
OMG look and sound great!
@MarkBlackburnWPG5 жыл бұрын
Among today's singers my favorite is Calabria Foti. She hosted a SiriuslySinatra satellite radio "Playing Favorites" show once (with her friend Johnny Mandel on the phone) but . . . can't find any reference to her. As I type this, Siriusly Sinatra is playing her recent take on NIGHT AND DAY. From her most recent album of Cole Porter songs. [Concerning which, I wrote at Amazon] Note perfect! That's how I would describe “IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT” - the latest gem from Calabria Foti. Start with that arresting cover photo: Like an oil painting by a 17th century master (think Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring') the beautifully textured photo evokes a classic beauty of someone whose singing voice would, I believe, have been appreciated by mutual heroes -- Sinatra and Peggy Lee. I feel certain that Sinatra (who once contributed liner notes praising his friend Dionne Warwick for a similar, all- Cole Porter album) certain that Sinatra would have loved Calabria's gorgeous voice and incomparable way with a Cole Porter song. In fact, like Sinatra, Calabria has an 'artless' delivery: her flawless tone is so natural, so easy, yet so varied! No wonder fellow musicians are her greatest fans - including her trombonist virtuoso husband Bob McChesney. [Just as an aside, Bob's articulation on the slide trombone is astonishing: He is able to play virtuoso classical compositions as fast as any trumpet player. Think about that - and check him out on-line.] Bob McChesney's trombone solos are among the most beautiful - beautiful tone and tasteful content - of any jazz soloist I have ever heard. See if you don't agree! Like most of us, Johnny Mathis discovered Calabria's singing thanks to her 2007 album, “A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening” with its rave reviews from musicians including two of today's greatest composer/arrangers - Johnny (Shadow of Your Smile) Mandel - considered the 'dean' of living arrangers (he turns 92 this year and is still performing professionally) along with Mandel's Argentine-born protege, Jorge Callandrelli. First Johnny Mathis: “One of the greatest pleasures in life is listening to a beautiful voice and Calabria's [provides] some of the most beautiful and artistic music that I have ever heard. Her heart and mind are on display in every well-chosen song. It is a treasure. What a joy!” Johnny Mandel said, “Incredible! One of the best records I have ever heard. Calabria is truly a marvelous singer - in every way. She has all the technique and musicality you could want, and has the ability to tell a story and touch your heart.” Multiple Grammy-winning composer/arranger Callendrelli (who recently celebrated his 30 year working relationship with the ageless Tony Bennett on their 13th album -- Tony & Lady Gaga) said in amazement: “When I first heard Calabria, I felt I had discovered a hidden treasure!” Yes, the operative word there is “hidden.” As a friend said recently: “It's a crime that Calabria still isn't a household name!” Let's hope this latest album helps change that! Years before this “all Cole Porter” album, Calabria told friends and fans: “It's so easy for me to become lost in the emotions of a Cole Porter song. One of my favorite composers, his tunes are great, his lyrics so sensual.” ---- On her last album, “Lovely Way to Spend an Evening” Calabria was surrounded by top West Coast musicians - and a 27-piece string section. For this one, the instrumentation is more spare. Yet the effect remains lush and lovely, thanks to superb NYC engineering, and some of the greatest East Coast musicians - among them, guitar giant Gene Bertoncini (who turns 80 this year) and Eddie Daniels (now 75) - arguably the greatest living clarinetist. Daniels' own exquisite tone lends some gravitas to his personal appreciation of Calabria's incomparable delivery: “Her voice just 'flows' - like water!” On a personal note I spotted a unique musical allusion (to a song Cole Porter didn't write). It's heard twice - on the opening and the bridge of Calabria's EV'RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE. One of NYC's “most sought-after cellists” Richard Locker alludes to a song Keely Smith introduced in 1957 - “I Wish You Love.” In the first 30 seconds, we hear the distinguished cellist playing verbatim the notes of that song's seldom-heard opening verse (Natalie Cole was the first important artist since Sinatra to include that minor-key, opening verse). From memory imperfect, that song's opening words (from a forgotten American lyricist set to a melody by an even more obscure French composer): Goodbye . . . no use leading with our chins. This is where our story ends: Never lovers, ever friends Again, as he solos on the musical bridge to Porter's “Ev'ry Time” cellist Locker repeats, verbatim those same notes from the opening verse of “I Wish You Love.” (Wonder if the musicians present spotted that? Perhaps the accomplished composer/arranger behind this album, Michael Patterson even suggested it?) --- My copy of this just-released gem arrived by mail this very day - inscribed by Calabria with gold ink! Like Sinatra and Peggy Lee (and very few other singers) hers is a voice I never tire of hearing. Hence three listenings so far this day to savor the little differences and details unique to each track. I treasure my copy of Calabria Foti's previous CD “Lovely Way to Spend an Evening” (a masterwork that remains my favorite album by any vocalist since Sinatra). The Lady's inscription in silver ink, with a little heart sign, reads: “Hi Mark! To my biggest fan from the world's coldest city! God bless - Calabria.”
@jimdejohn399611 жыл бұрын
Calabria, You may not remember me but I have been in the choir at HF Church for years and sang with Cindy Pridmore back in the 80's. I bought your CD back then and still play it today. I was curious as to what projects you were working on and went to Google and found you. Your voice is hauntingly beautiful and silky smooth as the first time I heard you sing. All the best to you. J. De John
@MarkBlackburnWPG
5 жыл бұрын
Love your concise anecdote and especially your few perfect words about what makes Calabria so special: " . . . Your voice is hauntingly beautiful and silky smooth as the first time I heard you sing." Thanks for posting, Jim De John
@bon915812 жыл бұрын
Cookie - you're amazing!!
@INMALUNADA1024 жыл бұрын
Sublime ❤️
@harrytheriault58734 жыл бұрын
Would so like to know if Calabria is performing anywhere in So Cal. this year - after, of course, this Covid19 interruption. Would be nice to hear her soothing voice after this sadness we’re going through.
Пікірлер: 23
Wow. Calabria Foti is a musician's musician. Flawless renditions...mood altering songs. Thank you so much.
Beautiful and beautiful.
I have several of her CDs and love them, I'd never heard her play the violin -- what a remarkable talent -- and right on pitch, lovely voice! I like her scat but I love her ballads. I have to remember she's jazz too, and that's nice also. Thanks for this!
Calabria,your intonation is to die for.And when your emotions interact with the music and lyrics a unique phrasing results.Nice rep too.Pleasant!
@MarkBlackburnWPG
5 жыл бұрын
Best one-line summary of what makes Calabria so special. Thanks for posting, Peter Ring.
Calabria, what can I say: you have it all!!!! Beauty, grace and unlimited talent. When you sing-the sound is clear as a bell. You have superior intonation, time, phrasing and a great feel for the material, be it standards or your own compositions. You make the violin sing and that has been documented on many a recording and in many renowned orchestras. Simply put...You Are Music!!!!!!
@MarkBlackburnWPG
5 жыл бұрын
An absolutely perfect, concise summing-up of what makes Calabria such a treasure. That she is still almost unknown is . . . a crime!
wow i will buy all all her stuff thank you for good music thank you thank you
I am absolutely hooked......I will buy everything she records. She needs to gig here in Carmel, IN at the Palladium. After a rough day at work...listening to her voice makes my day better. Can't say enough good things....
Fantastic singer...just beautiful.
so great what a lovely voice
Perfection.
What a find....fantastic voice...can’t stop listening
Bravissima Calabria sei una grande musicista!!!
OMG look and sound great!
Among today's singers my favorite is Calabria Foti. She hosted a SiriuslySinatra satellite radio "Playing Favorites" show once (with her friend Johnny Mandel on the phone) but . . . can't find any reference to her. As I type this, Siriusly Sinatra is playing her recent take on NIGHT AND DAY. From her most recent album of Cole Porter songs. [Concerning which, I wrote at Amazon] Note perfect! That's how I would describe “IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT” - the latest gem from Calabria Foti. Start with that arresting cover photo: Like an oil painting by a 17th century master (think Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring') the beautifully textured photo evokes a classic beauty of someone whose singing voice would, I believe, have been appreciated by mutual heroes -- Sinatra and Peggy Lee. I feel certain that Sinatra (who once contributed liner notes praising his friend Dionne Warwick for a similar, all- Cole Porter album) certain that Sinatra would have loved Calabria's gorgeous voice and incomparable way with a Cole Porter song. In fact, like Sinatra, Calabria has an 'artless' delivery: her flawless tone is so natural, so easy, yet so varied! No wonder fellow musicians are her greatest fans - including her trombonist virtuoso husband Bob McChesney. [Just as an aside, Bob's articulation on the slide trombone is astonishing: He is able to play virtuoso classical compositions as fast as any trumpet player. Think about that - and check him out on-line.] Bob McChesney's trombone solos are among the most beautiful - beautiful tone and tasteful content - of any jazz soloist I have ever heard. See if you don't agree! Like most of us, Johnny Mathis discovered Calabria's singing thanks to her 2007 album, “A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening” with its rave reviews from musicians including two of today's greatest composer/arrangers - Johnny (Shadow of Your Smile) Mandel - considered the 'dean' of living arrangers (he turns 92 this year and is still performing professionally) along with Mandel's Argentine-born protege, Jorge Callandrelli. First Johnny Mathis: “One of the greatest pleasures in life is listening to a beautiful voice and Calabria's [provides] some of the most beautiful and artistic music that I have ever heard. Her heart and mind are on display in every well-chosen song. It is a treasure. What a joy!” Johnny Mandel said, “Incredible! One of the best records I have ever heard. Calabria is truly a marvelous singer - in every way. She has all the technique and musicality you could want, and has the ability to tell a story and touch your heart.” Multiple Grammy-winning composer/arranger Callendrelli (who recently celebrated his 30 year working relationship with the ageless Tony Bennett on their 13th album -- Tony & Lady Gaga) said in amazement: “When I first heard Calabria, I felt I had discovered a hidden treasure!” Yes, the operative word there is “hidden.” As a friend said recently: “It's a crime that Calabria still isn't a household name!” Let's hope this latest album helps change that! Years before this “all Cole Porter” album, Calabria told friends and fans: “It's so easy for me to become lost in the emotions of a Cole Porter song. One of my favorite composers, his tunes are great, his lyrics so sensual.” ---- On her last album, “Lovely Way to Spend an Evening” Calabria was surrounded by top West Coast musicians - and a 27-piece string section. For this one, the instrumentation is more spare. Yet the effect remains lush and lovely, thanks to superb NYC engineering, and some of the greatest East Coast musicians - among them, guitar giant Gene Bertoncini (who turns 80 this year) and Eddie Daniels (now 75) - arguably the greatest living clarinetist. Daniels' own exquisite tone lends some gravitas to his personal appreciation of Calabria's incomparable delivery: “Her voice just 'flows' - like water!” On a personal note I spotted a unique musical allusion (to a song Cole Porter didn't write). It's heard twice - on the opening and the bridge of Calabria's EV'RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE. One of NYC's “most sought-after cellists” Richard Locker alludes to a song Keely Smith introduced in 1957 - “I Wish You Love.” In the first 30 seconds, we hear the distinguished cellist playing verbatim the notes of that song's seldom-heard opening verse (Natalie Cole was the first important artist since Sinatra to include that minor-key, opening verse). From memory imperfect, that song's opening words (from a forgotten American lyricist set to a melody by an even more obscure French composer): Goodbye . . . no use leading with our chins. This is where our story ends: Never lovers, ever friends Again, as he solos on the musical bridge to Porter's “Ev'ry Time” cellist Locker repeats, verbatim those same notes from the opening verse of “I Wish You Love.” (Wonder if the musicians present spotted that? Perhaps the accomplished composer/arranger behind this album, Michael Patterson even suggested it?) --- My copy of this just-released gem arrived by mail this very day - inscribed by Calabria with gold ink! Like Sinatra and Peggy Lee (and very few other singers) hers is a voice I never tire of hearing. Hence three listenings so far this day to savor the little differences and details unique to each track. I treasure my copy of Calabria Foti's previous CD “Lovely Way to Spend an Evening” (a masterwork that remains my favorite album by any vocalist since Sinatra). The Lady's inscription in silver ink, with a little heart sign, reads: “Hi Mark! To my biggest fan from the world's coldest city! God bless - Calabria.”
Calabria, You may not remember me but I have been in the choir at HF Church for years and sang with Cindy Pridmore back in the 80's. I bought your CD back then and still play it today. I was curious as to what projects you were working on and went to Google and found you. Your voice is hauntingly beautiful and silky smooth as the first time I heard you sing. All the best to you. J. De John
@MarkBlackburnWPG
5 жыл бұрын
Love your concise anecdote and especially your few perfect words about what makes Calabria so special: " . . . Your voice is hauntingly beautiful and silky smooth as the first time I heard you sing." Thanks for posting, Jim De John
Cookie - you're amazing!!
Sublime ❤️
Would so like to know if Calabria is performing anywhere in So Cal. this year - after, of course, this Covid19 interruption. Would be nice to hear her soothing voice after this sadness we’re going through.
What's not to like?
Hey Calabria, how about some more Stephane!