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Influences
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Laxshmi Shankar, Keith Jarrett, Betty Carter, Joni Mitchell, The Bulgarian Womens Choir, Richie Beirach, Neil Young, James Taylor, Joe Henderson, Bonnie Raitt, Wayne Shorter, Mark Murphy, Annie Ross, Monk, Bill Evans, Nellie Lutcher, Nancy King, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker and every musician I ever played with (which includes many great known and unknown musicians, but to name a few: George Cables, Pony Poindexter, Bobby McFerrin, Fritz Pauer, Matt Clark, Bliss Rodriguez, Joe Bonner, Johannes Enders, John Hollenbeck, Gaylord Birch and Nenad Vasilic)
"Soul Eyes" Laurie's first release in 1985 is now available digitally on iTunes and Amazon. A duo with piano master George Cables, this live to 2-track record has not been available for over 20 years. Listen to a sample on MySpace "Weaving Patterns on You" - a long-form,original ballad and "Bird Lives" a bebop extravaganza written by Larry Gelb*****************************************************************************************************************.
Sneak previews from Laurie's release "Transformation" with Richie Beirach are currently on MySpace. This recording will be released in 2010 for digital distribution. ***********************************************************************
"Laurie is the most talented singer I've ever had the pleasure of working with. She is a very important creative voice in jazz music. As a singer of improvised music and jazz, she is a piano players dream." -- Richie Beirach*******************************************************************
In the meantime, she is currently in the studio mixing her "American Dreams" project which will also be released in 2010. *************************************************************************
"Laurie is truly one of my favorite singers; she's full of wonderful ideas, has an instinctive musicality, a great sense of humor and is an inspiring improvisor and collaborator." -- Bobby McFerrin**********************************************************
Laurie Antonioli is the Director of the Vocal Program at the Jazzschool Institute in Berkeley, CA. For info about the school go to www.jazzschool.com. For more info on Laurie, go to www.laurieantonioli.com.
hey laurie :) good to hear from you!! and thanks for your kind words, i'm also very happy about what has been going on the last years, right now we are working on our second album, which will be released in march but finished in december and i'm very excited about it - think it's going to be a very good one ;)
Thanks so much for the Add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends! We've added two blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our page. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too. We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy. Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other. We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large. What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!
Ciao,Laurie ,Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your music a lot,and your stupendous voice. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy neal
Thanks for the friendship
I like your music Laurie
I hope all is well
If you have time, listen Django
myspace.com/gillband +L
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Modern jazz,vanguard music,great performances...Since now,I'm your fun!And I saw you alread worked with the genial Richie Berach... My favorites songs in your space: "Exaltation" and "I know you". Mario
