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Personnel: Chiara Civello (vocals, shaker, percussion); Adam Rogers (guitar); Mark Stewart (cello); Alain Mallet (melodica, piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone); Larry Goldings (Hammond b-3 organ); Rob Mounsey (keyboards); Mike Mainieri (vibraphone); James Genus, Ben Street (bass instrument); Clarence Penn, Steve Gadd , Dan Rieser (drums); Jamey Haddad (percussion, bells); Alex Alvear (background vocals).
While she's a fresh and exotic voice on the recording scene, the multi-talented, Italian-born, internationally minded singer and musician has been keeping great company. With a vocal range and style that quickly bring Dianne Reeves to mind, she's recorded with Tony Bennett and James Taylor; so impressed Burt Bacharach that he collaborated here on the lush, emotional ballad "Trouble"; snagged legendary rock producer Russ Titelman to helm the recording; and is roundly adored by no less than '80s pop queen Cyndi Lauper, who crowed, "This record is haunting and she's just fantastic...her voice just captivates you." What Cyndi says. Civello's not quite as crisp vocally as Lizz Wright, but her jazz-soul heart is in the same place while traversing many borders -- singing in English, Italian, and Portuguese. While gently swinging numbers like the Brazilian-flavored, hypnotic "Ora" are more compelling, slower and smokier tunes like "Parole Incerte" offer her deepest modes of expression. Her skills as a songwriter are firmly on display, but she chooses a few interesting, somewhat obscure covers in samba-flavored cuts like Suzanne Vega's graceful "Caramel" and Rosa Passos/Fernando DeOliveira's "Outono." That sort of globe-trotting will set her apart from the pack of great female singers currently dotting the jazz landscape. ~ Jonathan WidranJazzTimes (pp.102-104) - "'The Wrong Goodbye' and 'Here Is Everything", with their plaintive intensity, are typical of Civello's oeuvre....'Ora' conveys a a sort of gentle euphoria..." Last Quarter Moon Music | List Price | $13.92 (You save $1.27) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Jazz, Vocal, Contemporary Jazz Vocals | | Label | Verve | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  70478  | | CD Universe Part number | 6816851 | | Catalog number | 000347302 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 01, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Russ Titelman; Rob Mounsey | | Engineer | Dave O'Donnell | | Personnel | Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd
Adam Rogers - guitar
James Genus
Clarence Penn
Mark Stewart - cello
Dan Rieser - drums
Ben Street - bass instrument
Jamey Haddad - percussion, bells
Miguel Zenon - alto saxophone
Alain Mallet - melodica, piano, Fender Rhodes piano
Chiara Civello - vocals, shaker, percussion
Alex Alvear - background vocals
Also: Rob Mounsey, Larry Goldings, Mike Mainieri |
Chiara Civello Last Quarter Moon Songs Last Quarter Moon Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Haunting
I bought this album because there was a Tony Bennett endorsement as part of the advertising on the shrinkwrap: never heard of Chiara Civello before. Bottom line--I keep playing this haunting CD over and over. Simply stated, Ms. Civello is a jazz singer of the first order. Thanks, Tony.
Submitted by ceasar11 (Agoura Hills, CA, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Strong personality, charm, introspection.
Excellent début for this beautiful Italian Singer. Her soft voice creates magical environments and makes beauty. I confirm the opinion of Tony Bennett.
Submitted by achille.maggio (Brolo (ME), Italy) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 2 found this helpful. great debut from a great new international artist
This is one musician/songwriter/performer to keep an eye on. Very talented songwriter and very good singer. Great mix of sophisticated pop, brazilian and italian jazz-pop on this album with many great jazz and studio musicians backing her. Also saw her live recently and aside from being very pretty, for a young performer she is very charismatic and incredibly charming. Hope the record companies let her do her unique thing (pop, jazz, italian and brazlian fusion) as she does very well on this record and do not put her in some kind of commercial straightjacket. If they leave her be she will do very well internationally, not just in the states. Great music.
Submitted by marcus (Washington DC)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 2 found this helpful. Absolutely perfect
This CD is stunning!! I'm italian and I love jazz and I always feel guilty when I see talented musicians like Chiara going abroad to play their music. She sings perfectly and some tracks (Here Is Everything, The Wrong Goodbye, and Parole Incerte) are worthy of being considered pure gems. Please, Chiara, keep on doing like this !!!!
Submitted by Marco Lovisolo (Torino - Italia)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Perfectness Defined
The margin between spirituality and divineness is defined in the CD. Actually Last Quarter moon brings out the real animal, uncaged from the very deep feelings which leaves one begging, "once more Chiara...once more!" Perfection defined.
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