Name: Last Quarter Moon
Brand: Universal Music Distribution
SKU: 230349
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Last Quarter Moon

Rating

Album: Last Quarter Moon
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Here Is Everything Album Version	More Info...	4:57
2)	The Wrong Goodbye Album Version	More Info...	4:24
3)	Ora Album Version	More Info...	5:33
4)	Caramel Album Version	More Info...	3:06
5)	Parole Incerte Album Version	More Info...	6:27
6)	Last Quarter Moon Album Version	More Info...	4:13
7)	Nature Song Album Version	More Info...	4:19
8)	In Questi Giorni Album Version	More Info...	3:05
9)	Sambaroma	More Info...	1:37
10)	Trouble Album Version	More Info...	4:16
11)	Outono Album Version	More Info...	3:49
12)	I Won't Run Away Album Version	More Info...	2:38

Album: Last Quarter Moon
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Here Is Everything Album Version	More Info...	4:57
2)	The Wrong Goodbye Album Version	More Info...	4:24
3)	Ora Album Version	More Info...	5:33
4)	Caramel Album Version	More Info...	3:06
5)	Parole Incerte Album Version	More Info...	6:27
6)	Last Quarter Moon Album Version	More Info...	4:13
7)	Nature Song Album Version	More Info...	4:19
8)	In Questi Giorni Album Version	More Info...	3:05
9)	Sambaroma	More Info...	1:37
10)	Trouble Album Version	More Info...	4:16
11)	Outono Album Version	More Info...	3:49
12)	I Won't Run Away Album Version	More Info...	2:38

Tracks

1. Here Is Everything

2. Wrong Goodbye

3. Ora

4. Caramel

5. Parole Incerte

6. Last Quarter Moon

7. Nature Song

8. In Questi Giorni

9. Sambaroma

10. Trouble

11. Outono

12. I Won't Run Away

Performer Notes

Personnel: Chiara Civello (vocals, shaker, percussion); Adam Rogers (guitar); Mark Stewart (cello); Alain Mallet (melodica, piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Miguel Zen¢n (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 Widran

Professional Reviews

JazzTimes (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..."