April Aloisio and Joanie Pallato make up a fantastic duo and release the album "April & Joanie Sing!"

 

April & Joanie Sing!

Musicians: April Aloisio (vocals); Joanie Pallato (vocal); Fareed Haque, Tomas De Utrera (guitar); Mark Walker (drum); Bradley Parker- Sparrow, King Fleming (piano); Howard Levy (harmonica); Johnny Frigo (violin); Dede Sampaio (percussion); Brad Goode (trumpet); Gerard Aloisio (trombone, bass); Bob Dorough (back vocals)

Tracks List: I Feel Free; Samba Do Soho; True; It Ain't Necessarily So; Brazilian Rats; Antonio's Song (The Rainbow);Two Sparrows; Little Sparrow (Gorrión); Improv Sparrows; Simone; Live!; Bebê; Have A Merry Christmas; While My Guitar Gently Weeps

April & Joanie Sing! April Aloisio and Joanie Pallato Vocalists April Aloisio & Joanie Pallatto Curated Compilation from 1986-2024 Take a journey with April Aloisio and Joanie Pallato blending music and friendship with April & Joanie Sing! in this compilation of their vocal duet from 1986-2024 on Southport Records. April Aloisio, a sensuous and passionate soprano and Joanie Pallatto, a sultry and inviting alto, agree that there are times when they can't tell each other apart — sharing in harmony, scat and improvisation. These fourteen songs reflect many different styles, from Gershwin to The Beatles, from Hermeto Pascoal to Michael Franks, with a musical dose of original jazz, book ended with two new tracks featuring guitarist Fareed Haque.

They have a special taste for Brazilian jazz music that they masterfully develop in recording, which will be available from September 6, 2024.

It really is a refreshing, relaxing production and above all made with a lot of love and passion for April, Joanie, and all the musicians who supported them. They also had valuable arrangements by Cliff Colnot.

April Aloisio:

Although not well known nationally, April Aloisio is a sensitive and risk-taking jazz vocalist who has been recording in the Chicago area since the 1980s. Aloisio, a native and resident of the Windy City, doesn't have a big, robust voice and isn't a belter. Her voice is small and waifish (with being thin), and if Aloisio was an alto saxophonist instead of a singer, people would compare her to Paul Desmond or Lee Konitz instead of Jackie McLean or Phil Woods. Like many of the artists who came out of jazz's cool school, Aloisio has often demonstrated that favoring subtlety and understatement doesn't make someone any less expressive. Aloisio, who sings in both English and Portuguese, first recorded in 1985; however, it wasn't until 1994 that her first Southport release, Brazilian Heart, came out. That CD ranged from a 1985 recording of the George Gershwin standard "It Ain't Necessarily So" to recordings from 1994. Aloisio went on to record two more albums for Southport in the 1990s: Footprints in 1995-1996 and Easy to Love in 1997-1998.

Joanie Pallato:

Xenia, OH, has produced two jazz musicians of some prominence, trombonist Vic Dickenson and jazz vocalist Joanie Pallatto. While the jazz bug was to come later, the foundation was laid by her musical family. Her father played violin, her mother guitar, and they continually sang together around the house. Around the age of four, she started violin lessons switching to clarinet because she was tired of holding up the violin. Pallatto was turned to singing when auditioning for the school choir, she discovered that not only did she enjoy singing, but she was good. It was at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music where she got her first heavy dose of jazz by listening to Miles Davis and Chick Corea. In search for her own vocal style, Pallatto listened to Betty Carter, Annie Ross, Bob Dorough, Mark Murphy, and Cleo Laine. One of Pallatto's first professional gigs came during the 1970s when she toured with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Moving to Chicago in 1979, she has made that city her home base. With her husband, Bradley Parker-Sparrow, she was a co-founder of Southport Records, made her first album for them in 1986, and has cut four more albums for that label. Pallatto appreciates that her voice is as much of an instrument as any horn and "plays" it accordingly. Her ability to musically mesh with those she is working with is remarkable and used to exceptional effect on her 1999 release Words and Music. In addition to recording and performing at local jazz venues, Pallatto devotes considerable time on production activities for Southport, which concentrates on recording such renowned Chicago jazz talents as Von Freeman, Willie Pickens, and Eldee Young.

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