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DANIELA NARDI
Acoustic / Nu-Jazz / Rock

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DANIELA NARDI: General Info

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8/8/2005

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danielanardi.com

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DNA5 are: Daniela Nardi (voice/piano) and a cast of fascinating characters!!

Influences

Everything that touches my heart and makes me think but also: Sting/The Police, Annie Lennox/Eurythmics, Bill Withers, Roberta Flack, Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone, Paolo Conte, Charlie Chaplin, Joni Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, Rilke, Yeats, Roberto Benigni, Federico Fellini, Anna Magnani, B.K.S Iyengar

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Daniela Nardi "The Rose Tattoo"
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Daniela Nardi "One True Thing"
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Record Label

Minerva Road

Type of Label

Indie

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Jul 18 2009

12:00A

Beaches Jazz Festival

Toronto, Ontario

Oct 24 2009

7:30P

The Old Mill

Toronto, Ontario

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About DANIELA NARDI

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The Making of the Rose Tattoo Part 1

The Making of the Rose Tattoo Part 2

Biography:

The recent journey of Toronto-based songstress Daniela Nardi may have been a turbulent and traumatic one, but she has emerged in triumphant style with The Rose Tattoo. This musically evocative and deeply emotional work reflects life lessons learned, and fuses passion, poetic power, and musical and vocal skill, to striking effect.

The follow-up to One True Thing, Nardi's well-received 2003 debut, it represents a major creative step forward. The gap between releases is attributable to a case of real life getting in the way. In 2004, Nardi's mother Rosetta was diagnosed with cancer, and her loving daughter devoted herself full-time to her mother's care. "I just stopped working on music," she recalls. "Nothing else mattered."

As her mother defied the odds by beating the cancer into temporary remission, Daniela was gradually able to return to her creative self. "Emotionally, it has been very tough. I had the intensity of a life and death situation to deal with and it shook me to my core. Some artists thrive in that kind of emotional stress but I need to process it. I was blocked but it was almost as if my subconscious took over, and things just came out. Now, I read what is written and I'm like 'where did that come from?' Consciously I would not be able to write that."

Once fully committed to working on the new record, Nardi remained careful not to rush the process. A self-confessed perfectionist, she makes no apologies for her painstaking approach. "To me, a song is like a lump of clay. I have to keep massaging it until something finally takes shape," she explains. "Perhaps it's my Italian heritage that when I embark on a project, I will work on it until it has been finely shaped. Like a fine Barolo or delicate espresso, nothing leaves our hands half done."

For The Rose Tattoo, Daniela was looking to work with someone to help realize her vision of acoustic nu-jazz blended with electronic music. That key collaborator is noted Toronto producer Greg Kavanagh (BKS, Jennifer Warnes, Chrissie Hynde). Daniela's production of her debut was impressive, but, as she notes, "I knew my second record had to up the ante. There was a certain finesse, a certain polish, that I felt I couldn't achieve on my own. I wanted another set of ears to help me add that, and it has been a match made in heaven with Greg. He's so passionate and understanding and we're on the same musical wavelength." Together they have brought about an evolution and transformation in Daniela's sophisticated sound, while preserving the essence of her earlier sound.

Working in Kavanagh's studio Kavasound, Daniela refused to let herself be confined by genre boundaries in framing her songs musically. Daniela's open-minded and adventurous approach is typified by such touches as the sound of Calabrian women singing on the opening of "Rosetta" and the sample of Martin Luther King's legendary "I have a dream" speech that leads off "The Longest Road," the epic closing track that also features Arabic chanting.

Daniela has drawn comparisons to Sting, Annie Lennox and Joni Mitchell but the only word for her eclectic sound is "earthymodernjazzpopcool," while subtly effective touches of electronica also infuse these new songs. "I've always loved electronica and groups like Massive Attack or Moby," she explains. "Here, I used some of those elements to blend with the acoustic, adding little colours and using the electronica as a modern-day percussion. I wanted to take listeners to a new place with this record yet creating a bridge between the old and the new."

While justifiably proud of One True Thing and the impact it had (rave international reviews and extensive adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio play in North America), Daniela stresses that "the new songs are much stronger than the first record. I spent a lot of time thinking about melody. In thinking about this record, I recalled the bands that I used to listen to and what inspired me to write. I listened to a lot of pop music then, bands like The Police, The Eurythmics. Their songs and melodies were just so well-crafted and well-produced, such integrity to the work. I wanted to accomplish the same thing with this new record. It was the same with the words. I tried to be more specific, more concise. Keep them simple, but with a depth to them.'

Mission accomplished here. The marriage of strong melodies and concise yet convincing lyrics is a happy one. Nardi acknowledges that the record's stylistic diversity "may be a surprise to those who like the first record. I'm exploring myself emotionally and vocally. I was forced to go deeper, and find my cutting emotional edge. The album shows how my life has been transformed in the past three years, and the intense feelings I experienced."

The focus on the album is always kept on the key instrument, Daniela's strong, pure and haunting vocals. These are equally at home on tender ballads ("Grace," "Rosetta," the gorgeous "Cry") and the bluesy gem "Fugitive Kind," whose swampy vibe befits the Southern setting.

There's a compelling story behind the choice of album title, as Daniela recalls. "It was inspired from the time my mom was in hospital. I remember one specific day there with her, and I was thinking of possible titles. I was thinking of the mark she has left on my heart, the Rose mark, but that's not very poetic. That's when the movie title came to mind." The Rose Tattoo, a drama based on a Tennessee Williams play, scored a handful of Academy Awards in 1956, and their shared emotional power makes the album and movie fitting namesakes.

On The Rose Tattoo, Nardi calls upon the services of an A list of local players, including drummer Davide DiRenzo, bassists Rich Brown and George Koller, saxophonist Colleen Allen, vocalist/oud player Mel M'Rabet, additional programming by Giampaolo Scatozza, and Kavanagh on guitar.

Daniela contributed as the co and executive producer of the album as well as, most of the programming, plus piano and keyboards. Her fluent and technically flawless playing reflects her extensive classical music training. From age five, she was studying music through the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, and her studies culminated in a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music from York University. Her specialties there were composition, electronic music and performance in 20th Century Music and Improvisation, and this academic background is a potent part of her artistic arsenal.

Nardi has composed for various independent films, and her resume includes experience as an actor and sought-after voice-over artist. Nardi is both an experienced and naturally charming performer who has delighted audiences in leading Toronto clubs (The Montreal Bistro, Lula Lounge) and at festivals in both Canada (Rimouski Jazz Festival, Distillery Jazz) and abroad (in front of 100,000 people at a festival in Indonesia, in tandem with her jazz piano virtuoso husband Ron Davis).

The Rose Tattoo is a journey of passion, finesse, intensity, and artistry, an album that will etch itself upon both head and heart. It's Daniela Nardi 2008: as great as before, better than ever, with so much more to come.

On May 14th, 2008, two days after Mother's day and two days before Daniela's birthday, Rosie "Rosetta" Nardi passed away quietly from her four year long battle with cancer. Rosie was able to witness the completion of daughter's album. The album is dedicated to her and all cancer warriors.

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Pepe Acebal	Jul 8 2009 9:53 AM Hi , thank you for the friendship, it's a pleasure having you among my friends. My best compliments for your music. I wish you great success in all your pursue. Greetings from Madrid. Pepe.
MalapartE in Studio	Jun 24 2009 2:25 PM CIAOO, GRAZIE MILLE X L'ADD!!!
Hellairsys	Jun 25 2009 8:35 AM Merci bcp pour l'ajout ^^.
由布花/Yu-ca(Official Page)	Jun 22 2009 9:15 AM I love your sound style!! Have a nice day. yu-ca*
il parto delle nuvole pesanti	Jun 8 2009 1:35 AM Un saluto da bologna!
Steffy	May 23 2009 9:00 PM Hi Daniela, thanks for the friendship. Cheers Steffy
IMIsound	May 24 2009 8:19 PM Hi Dani, would still seriously love to have you with us at IMIsound where there is always a place for you and your beautiful songs!
VibeJays & Friends	May 19 2009 3:39 AM Dear DANIELA NARDI, Every time that we listen & write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... something is healing inside... When we share it with friends... something is healing all over... Love can drive... in a simple way... everything We are connected Vibejays & Friends ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimada/o DANIELA NARDI, cada vez que escuchamos o escribimos musica... tocamos un instrumento... bailamos... o trabajamos en procesos de ingenieria de audio/imagen/video.... algo se sana por dentro... Cuando lo compartimos con otros... algo se sana en todas partes... El Amor puede conducir... de manera simple... todo... Estamos conectados... Vibejays & Friends
MUSICIANS FEATURED	May 19 2009 8:24 AM I love your music Daniela. It's a great pleasure to have you on my new page for musicians. Please stop by and say hello! Best wishes, Olivia
Galensång	May 19 2009 11:16 AM Thanks a lot for thy add! Medieval greetings from Germany Galensang
Marie Caro Online Now!	May 19 2009 3:54 PM thanks for your friendship!! MarieCaro
OLEG TUMANOV - Composer	May 13 2009 6:05 AM Thank you for being my friend, Daniela:) OLEG T.
Austyn	May 13 2009 12:18 PM Merci pour l'amitié Myspacienne et Bienvenue par chez moi, en espérant que tu t'y sente bien :)
DOUG DEREK & THE HOAX	May 8 2009 10:27 AM Thanks a lot for the add!! Best, Internet Music Media
ANITA GABRIELLA	Apr 28 2009 4:56 PM Hello, Thank you! Romancing Tomorrow The future beckons trying to see the future.May your week be filled with your eyes on your Goals and Dreams! XX~ Romancing Tomorrow The future beckons with long twisted fingers that grasp the unseen and unknown and you stare back embracing those eyes of expectation the eyes of your goals and dreams the eyes that never look away and those fingers, that hold you in contempt, that keep you lost and looking forward hoping that the gaze you hold won't be broken and you won't lose your way you won't lose track of those eyes that captivate and enthrall you that keep you forever guessing and hoping that you won't forsake expectation, that you won't fall short so your eyes never wander and you hold futures hand and you lose track of today while you romance tomorrow trying to see the future, but the future still beckons and those eyes still watch you and today is gone. © By Jessica R.Snyder Much Love always Anita
Biba Crema	Apr 28 2009 6:46 PM daniela ... congratulations! I love your music! there's a sense of magic on it whishing you the best cheers
laura smiraglia	Apr 18 2009 2:54 PM grazie daniela
World Peace Records NMRK	Apr 17 2009 3:25 AM Daniela, Thank you for the add. Thank you for being our friend too. Love your stuff. A great groove! Talk to you soon, Peace-Kelly
Ciro De Santo	Apr 15 2009 4:07 PM Grazie Daniela per aver accettato....sei bravissima comlpimenti.... e sei anche bellissima..un abbraccio forte Ciro ciao a presto
World Peace Records NMRK	Apr 15 2009 7:03 PM HI Daniela, We hope your doing well. It was a great pleasure to meet you and hear your sounds. Would love to have one of your cuts on our WPR website as free promotion? Have a wonderful day. WPR Kelly
TABAJARA ASSUMPÇÃO	Apr 15 2009 9:38 PM thanks for the add abraços do Brasil Tabajara Assumpção
Maddaloni Daniele	Apr 15 2009 11:09 PM Ciao Daniela diventi sempre più brava. Quando passi a trovarmi? :)
Rex Stratton	Apr 15 2009 12:02 AM Thank you for your kind musical consideration!<br />peace<br />respect<br />rex
Crystina Maez	Apr 12 2009 10:29 AM May you always have joyfulness and assurance in your life.
PEPPUCCIO TRUDU - FOTO Online Now!	Apr 5 2009 11:49 AM BUONA DOMENICA. <br />Un saluto dalla Sardegna. <br /> <br />Peppuccio Trudu

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