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There Is No Greater Love

Album: Pure Ecstasy

Released: Mar 2, 2008

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Genre: Acoustic / Gospel / Jazz
Location Milano, Milano, It
Profile Views: 137772
Last Login: 3/26/2013
Member Since 3/30/2007
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmV2YXNpbW9udGFjY2hpLmNvbQ==
Record Label Splasc(H) Records / Abeat records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. .... ..Layout by: .... .. .. .. .. .. .. Eva Simontacchi studied music and voice at the NAM in Milano, and at the SMUM in Lugano (Switzerland) with Anna Bakja. She is a Vocal Power Academy certified instructor. Her training includes Master Classes, workshops seminars and conferences held by some of the most reknown singers or voice experts such as Maria Pia De Vito, Laura Fedele, Michele Hendricks, Prof. Franco Fussi, Phil Minton, and many others. Among the educators with whom she studied during Master Classes or Courses are: Elisabeth Howard (Vocal Power Academy, L.A.), Mary Setrakian (Black Nexxus, N.Y. and L.A.), jazz legend Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton. Se also studied stage behaviour ortophony and phoneticsand diction, and she studied classical piano with Dorothy Mae Charles and Irma Pandolfi. Eva writes songs and lyrics in English, and is a S.I.A.E. member. As far as her blues and gospel training is concerned, she had the great opportunity to absorb and learn a lot from Italian blues singer Angela Baggi, with whom she collaborated for years singing all the background vocals in her U.G.P. Project. She has been the vocalist of the Enos Patracchini Big Band for seven years, until the Maestro passed away a few years ago. Eva Simontacchi is the leader of the "4 Heaven & More" vocal sextet (which is accompanied by piano or by a trio). "4 Heaven & More" perform gospel music, jazz standards and pop evergreens with original arrangements. Their single "Oh Happy Day!" (Ar2rec) has been broadcasted by some of the most prestigious radios in Italy - Radio Monte Carlo, RTL, Studio 105, etc. The new album of "4 Heaven & More", "Our Christmas Songs" will be issued by Ar2rec around the month of September 2007. Eva Simontacchi is head of the Voice Courses at the Accademia Vivaldi in Bollate, Milan. She organizes workshops, seminars, Master Classes and conferences and you can find out what's going on by visiting her official website. Eva personally holds Master Classes of Vocal Technique, of American English Diction for Italian Singers, Workshops of Stage Behaviour and many others. She mostly sings jazz, acoustic, or with a trio or quartet whan she's not singing with her Big Band. Eva Simontacchi writes interviews and reviews which are regularly published on-line by Jazzitalia. Among the artists she interviewed and reviewed we name: Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Kurt Elling, Lalah Hathaway, Amii Stewart, Jane Monheit, Kelli Sae, Jimmy Scott, Judy Collins, Jim Hall, Gendrickson Mena, Elisabeth Howard, Mary Setrakian, Karrin Allyson, Bruno de Filippi, Francesca Sortino, Angela Baggi, Marco Bianchi, Gigi Cifarelli, Rossana Casale, Claudio Angeleri, Laura Fedele, Mario Zara, Francis Dreyfus, Marcus Miller, Amalia Grè, Charles Lloyd, Marco Gotti, David Thomas - Take 6, Gendrickson Mena. Her articles are also translated in Russian and published by the bimonthly Jazz Magazine "Jazz-Quadrat". A paragraph of her interview to Sheila Jordan has been quoted inside Sheila Jordan's front cover for the album "Believe In Jazz – Sheila Jordan live with Serge Forté Trio" (Ella Productions 2004), and she wrote a presentation for Sheila Jordan's album "Straight Ahead", recorded in Italy with the E.S.P. Trio (Cipelli, Zanchi, Cazzola – Special guest – Paolo Fresu) which is printed inside the cover of the CD (2005). DISCOGRAPHY: OH HAPPY DAY - "4 Heaven & More" (Ar2rec 2006); "OUR CHRISTMAS SONGS" - "4 Heaven & More" (Ar2rec 2007) "PURE ECSTASY" Eva Simontacchi & E.S.P. Trio - Special guest: Gendrickson Mena (Splasc(H) Records, 2007) EVA SIMONTACCHI HOLDS MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS CONCERNING VOCAL TECHNIQUE, STAGE BEHAVIOUR, AND VOCAL IMPROVISATION WITH GENDRICKSON MENA, CUBAN TRUMPET PLAYER, COMPOSER AND ARRANGER, WITH WHOM SHE COLLABORATES IN ALL HER PROJECTS.----------------------------------------------------------------------------EVA SIMONTACCHI HOLDS VOCAL TECHNIQUE MASTER CLASSES FOR CHOIRS. .. .. ..4 Heaven and More - Our Christmas Songs.. now available on iTunes Worldwide... .... ...... .... Eva Simontacchi si diploma "Strumentista Esecutore di Musica" in Canto Moderno e Teoria e Solfeggio presso la N.A.M. di Milano, e il suo percorso formativo include corsi presso lo S.M.U.M. di Lugano con Anna Bakja, e la frequentazione regolare di seminari, conferenze, laboratori e Master Class con vari docenti italiani e stranieri tra cui Maria Pia De Vito, Laura Fedele, Michele Hendricks, Prof. Fanco Fussi, Phil Minton, e molti altri. E' una istruttrice autorizzata e certificata del metodo Vocal Power di Elisabeth Howard.Tra le docenti e cantanti con cui ha studiato e studia tutt'ora regolarmente figurano: Elisabeth Howard (Vocal Power Academy L.A.) , Mary Strakian (Black Nexxus N.Y. e L.A.), Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton. Ha approfondito aspetti riguardanti il comportamento scenico, ortofonia, fonetica e dizione, e ha studiato pianoforte classico con Dorothy Mae Charles e Irma Pandolfi. E' iscritta alla S.I.A.E. e scrive testi in inglese, essendo perfettamente bilingue, oltre a comporre melodie. Per quanto riguarda la sua formazione blues e gospel un grande riconoscimento va sicuramente ad Angela Baggi, con la quale ha collaborato dal 2000 all'interno dell' Underground Gospel Project di cui è leader. E' stata la vocalist della Enos Patracchini Big Band per sette anni fino alla morte del Maestro, che desidera ricordare con tanta stima. Eva Simontacchi è leader del progetto "4 Heaven & More", sestetto vocale che esegue brani gospel e pop rivisitati con arrangiamenti sia musicali che corali del tutto originali. I "4 heaven & More" sono usciti con un singolo contenente vari remix nel mese di novembre 2005, del celeberrimo "Oh Happy Day!" riarrangiato in chiave del tutto originale. Questo singolo ha goduto di parecchi passaggi radiofonici sia nel 2005 che nel 2006 da parte di emittenti quali RTL, Radio Montecarlo e 105. E' in preparazione il nuovo album dei "4 heaven & More", "Our Christmas Songs" che uscirà per il Natale del 2007. Eva Simontacchi è Direttrice dei Corsi di canto presso l'Accademia Vivaldi di Bollate (Milano) e insegna tecnica vocale. Organizza Master Class e Laboratori o conferenze sui quali potrete essere sempre aggiornati visitando il suo sito. Tiene lei stessa master class e laboratori concernenti: la tecnica vocale, l'interpretazione, la dizione e la pronuncia americana, il comportamento scenico. Canta prevalentemente jazz e fa serate anche in formazione di trio o quartetto. Eva Simontacchi scrive recensioni e interviste che vengono pubblicate regolarmente sul sito Jazzitalia, oltre che sul suo sito ufficiale. Tra gli artisti intervistati e recensiti figurano Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Kurt Elling, Lalah Hathaway, Amii Stewart, Jane Monheit, Judy Collins, Mary Setrakian, Karrin Allyson, Jimmy Scott, Jim Hall, Gendrickson Mena, Charles Lloyd, Marcus Miller, David Thomas dei Take 6, Gendrickson Mena, Kelli Sae, Tuck & Patti, Al Di Meola, Bruno De Filippi, Francesca Sortino, Mario Zara, Amalia Grè, Rossana Casale, Angela Baggi, Marco Bianchi, Ronnie Jones, Gigi Cifarelli, Claudio Angeleri, Laura Fedele. Inoltre, i suoi articoli vengono tradotti in cirillico per la Rivista Bielorussa Jazz Quadrat, che li pubblica anche on-line. Collabora inoltre saltuariamente con la rivista Jazz Magazine. E' stato citato un paragrafo della sua intervista a Sheila Jordan per Jazzitalia nell'interno di copertina del suo album "Believe In Jazz" – Sheila Jordan live with Serge Forté Trio (Ella Productions 2004), ed è l'autrice dell'interno di copertina dell'ultimo album di Sheila Jordan & E.S.P. Trio (Cipelli, Zanchi, Cazzola – Special Guest Paolo Fresu), "Straight Ahead" (2005). DISCOGRAFIA: OH HAPPY DAY - "4 Heaven & More" (Ar2rec 2006); "OUR CHRISTMAS SONGS" - "4 Heaven & More" (Ar2rec 2007) "PURE ECSTASY" Eva Simontacchi & E.S.P. Trio - Special guest: Gendrickson Mena (Splasc(H) Records, 2007) .... EVA SIMONTACCHI TIENE MASTER CLASS E LABORATORI DI TECNICA VOCALE, COMPORTAMENTO SCENICO E IMRPOVVISAZIONE VOCALE CON IL TROMBETTISTA, PIANISTA, ARRANGIATORE E COMPOSITORE CUBANO GENDRICKSON MENA, CON IL QUALE COLLABORA STABILMENTE NEI SUOI PROGETTI MUSICALI.---------------------------------------------------------------- EVA SIMONTACCHI CONDUCE SEMINARI E MASTER CLASS DI TECNICA VOCALE PER CORI. .. .. ..4 Heaven and More - Our Christmas Songs.. Ora disponibile su iTunes Music Store.. .... .... .. .. .. .. .. ..........0px; text-align: center;">.. .. .. .. .. .. ..........
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These are the artists I mostly listen to: Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Billie Holiday, Nancy Wilson, Jay Clayton, Sheila Jordan, Betty Carter, Frank Sinatra, Anita O'Day, Diana Krall, Roberta Gambarini, Lena Horne, Diane Schuur, Take 6, Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Aretha Franklin, Incognito, Kelli Sae, Peggy Lee, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Roy Hargrove, Gendrickson Mena, Marcus Miller, Tony Bennett, Kurt Elling, Etta James, Karrin Allyson, Nancy King, Blossom Dearie, Tuck & Patti, Jimmy Scott, Ivan Lins, Tom Jobim, Dinah Washington, Manhattan Transfer, Natalie Cole, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, and so many other artists in all the styles..... depending on my mood. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. E' USCITO IL NUOVO ALBUM DI EVA SIMONTACCHI SU ETICHETTA Splasc(H) Records, "PURE ECSTASY" inciso con E.S.P. TRIO, SPECIAL GUEST: GENDRICKSON MENA (tromba, flicorno). EVA SIMONTACCHI'S NEW ALBUM, "PURE ECSTASY" recorded with E.S.P. Trio and special guest Gendrickson Mena (trumpet/flugelhorn) HAS BEEN ISSUED (FEB. 2008) BY SPLASC(H) RECORDS - Can be purchased at WWW.JAZZOS.COM - click below on the picture ........ DICONO DI LEI: "..........Frutto della collaborazione con una delle formazioni più prestigiose e raffinate sulle scena jazzistica europea, Pure Ecstasy rivela il talento, la cultura e insieme la encomiabile umiltà di una cantante che, lasciando ai suoi partner gli spazi dell'invenzione e dell'improvvisazione, sceglie di concentrarsi sul ruolo di pura interprete della canzone: un ruolo, del resto, che nel corso della storia del jazz è stato nobilmente coperto da sublimi canaries quali Lee Wiley e Peggy Lee, Lurlean Hunter e Jeri Southern. Oltre che a Mercer, Eva Simontacchi rende omaggio a classici songwriter come Cole Porter, Harry Warren, Isham Jones, Victor Young, Billy Strayhorn, e al nostro Bruno Martino, e lo fa con relax e colloquialità di enunciazione (e non è facile accostarsi a un tema come "Lush Life" con tale semplicità e schiettezza), con la rimarchevole pulizia di dizione del suo strumento chiaro e perlaceo e un suo senso peculiare della scoperta e della sorpresa emotiva, talora venato di malinconia ma sempre alleggerito da una grazia sorridente. E al suo ruolo di attenta ed elegante interprete Eva aggiunge con competenza anche quello di liricista, cucendo testi di garbata e sognante eloquenza alle preziose melodie firmate da Roberto Cipelli e Attilio Zanchi." (LUCIANO FEDERIGHI, MILANO) "May This be the first of many cd's for Eva" (SHEILA JORDAN, N.Y.) "Your cd is very nice. You sound lovely and sincere. I think the sincerity is missing in the music nowadays. Boy that Gendrickson plays his ass off in your cd. He is so complimentary to your singing! The guys play so well too!" (SHEILA JORDAN, N.Y.)
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"Thank you so much David! I visit MySpace very seldom now.... I didn't like the changes that had been made a few years ago to MySpace, and still don't understand how to work with the "new" MySpace.... That's why I visit very seldom. I hope you are fine and all is well!"
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  - Shishya
    DEAR EVA
    
    ENJOY THE EVENING
    
    WITH LOVE
    BIRRI
    
    MY NEW BOOK CANTO LIBRI NOW AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON...ENJOY
    
    Many will tell you...only a few listen
    that is the way...
    of the world these days...
    
    Most relationships are too shallow
    Friendships ,too
    Both are subject to evaporate
    like the morning dew
    
    Most relationships are now based on give and take...
    the bond is so weak...and easy to break
    and break it does like glass
    All relationships pass...
    And quickly die…leaving more shallow in the eye
    And I stand here with open arms
    looking back
    Dear Life....Just where did our relationship pass?
    Which crossroad…Which track?
    Will you take me back...there?
    That is the place where I want to whisper my prayer:
    
    "Be well Dear Heart...May you always be blessed...
    and your heart and soul warmly caressed
    in sunshine...starlight...and prayers
    May my love and friendship always be near you...there
    Dear Life I wish for you sunrise...
    May the sunrise...always warm your morning eyes...
    as you travel on...
    And may the music in silence...the quiet whispers of the soul...be the song you sing...
    Dear Soul...YOU...You have everything”
    
    8 months ago
  - David ~S.F.A~ T.D.G
    Ciao Eva,
    I wish you the very best on the new album and I missed talking to you.
    Baci
    
    8 months ago
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