LORI CARSILLO
"Deep Cuts & Rare Gems: Lori Sings Peggy Lee"
SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE: ARLEN ASHER
Everyone identifies Peggy Lee with hits like “Fever” and “Is That All There Is?”, but what about the multitudes of equally notable songs she interpreted and made her own over her prodigious five decade career? San Francisco jazz vocalist and frequent Santa Fe Music Collective performer, Lori Carsillo, delves into Peggy Lee’s vast catalog and sheds light on some of the most beautifully haunting laments of lost love as well as songs of joy and new beginnings. “Once I started looking deeper into Peggy Lee’s life story and recordings, I was amazed at how many of her songs of which I had never heard her version and a few songs I had never even heard of at all!” says Ms. Carsillo. “Her catalog is such a treasure trove and I keep finding more and more gems. It’s been an exciting journey.” Ms. Carsillo, a singer noted for her delicate interpretation of ballads and her sensuous phrasing, aims to capture the spirit of a deeply complicated and wildly gifted artist, while staying true to her own unique abilities. For this show, she will be joined by illustrious local jazz artists Bert Dalton on piano, bassist Milo Jaramillo, and John Trentacosta on drums. As Paul Weideman once observed in The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Pasatiempo Magazine, “She has a gorgeous voice, like velvet.” What better way to discover an artist of the past through the eyes of an artist in the present?
You won’t want to miss this one. Get your tickets early at (505) 946-7934.
You won’t want to miss this one. Get your tickets early at (505) 946-7934.
LORI CARSILLO - VOCALS
BERT DALTON - PIANO
MICHAEL BURT - BASS
JOHN TRENTACOSTA - DRUMS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th
MUSEUM HILL CAFE
Doors at 6:00pm - Concert at 7:00pm
TICKETS: $20 (SFMC Member) - $25 (non-member)
Reservations and Info: 505-946-7934
San Francisco jazz singer Lori Carsillo is best known for her revelatory work shedding new light on the American Songbook. Interpreting classic ballads with an incisive but emotionally restrained sensibility, she’s a 21st century torch singer who knows that the bluer the flame, the hotter the blaze. But her muse has led her in many different directions, and on or off the bandstand music flows through her every endeavor.
Since releasing the first of her four albums on her label Tru Blu Lu Records, Carsillo (pronounced “car-SILL-oh”) has forged enduring ties with some of the region’s most accomplished improvisers. Her debut album Bittersweet introduced Carsillo’s unaffected less-is-more sound, an approach championed by legendary educator, producer, and record label owner Herb Wong, who wrote the album’s liner notes. Guitarist Dave Mac Nab’s sinewy lines serve as a lyrical foil for Carsillo, while the superb rhythm section tandem of drummer Jason Lewis and the late, lamented bassist John Shifflett provides supremely responsive support.
She celebrated the CD’s release at Yoshi’s, and a return engagement at the storied Oakland jazz club inspired a thematic concert focusing on the music of Cole Porter. The overwhelmingly positive response to the material led to Carsillo’s critically hailed second album, 2004’s Cole Porter…Old Love, New Love, True Love, featuring bassist Devon Hoff, drummer Alan U’Ren, trombonist Jeff Cressman, and Dave Mac Nab’s guitar, arrangements and production. The project cemented her reputation as a thoughtful song stylist with an excellent ear for material ideally suited for her clear, unaffected vocals.
By the time Carsillo recorded 2014’s Sugar and Smoke, she’d expanded her repertoire to encompass Bacharach and David, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and Bob Dorough. With pianist Adam Shulman, the accompanist of choice for brilliant song stylists like Paula West and Ed Reed, she found another ideal arranger and interlocutor. Her latest album, 2018’s A Dream or Two is a lithe pianoless session that accentuates the deliberate emotional calibration of her approach. In Carsillo’s hands, love songs smolder with a cool and inviting glow.
Part of what makes her such a fascinating artist is that she’s never been interested in sticking to the straight ahead path. In 2017, she was featured in the jazz play The Cool which ran for three sold-out weeks in San Francisco’s Mission District. She released a lovely children’s album, Lullabies for Little Dreamers, and two CDs with the Theremin-powered Project: Pimento, which turns familiar songs into an uncanny retro-space-age soundtrack.
Fascinated by the possibilities of multimedia productions, she delved into music videos, creating pieces for her original material, some in collaboration with Dollars & Donuts Productions. She continues to pursue songwriting, often collaborating with Jeffrey Burr. She’s studying piano for pleasure and to expand her compositional toolkit. And she’s exploring theatrical situations. A master storyteller with no shortage of new tales to tell, Carsillo continues to extend her creative purview. She’s a jazz artist with a restless streak, eager to discover what comes next.
Since releasing the first of her four albums on her label Tru Blu Lu Records, Carsillo (pronounced “car-SILL-oh”) has forged enduring ties with some of the region’s most accomplished improvisers. Her debut album Bittersweet introduced Carsillo’s unaffected less-is-more sound, an approach championed by legendary educator, producer, and record label owner Herb Wong, who wrote the album’s liner notes. Guitarist Dave Mac Nab’s sinewy lines serve as a lyrical foil for Carsillo, while the superb rhythm section tandem of drummer Jason Lewis and the late, lamented bassist John Shifflett provides supremely responsive support.
She celebrated the CD’s release at Yoshi’s, and a return engagement at the storied Oakland jazz club inspired a thematic concert focusing on the music of Cole Porter. The overwhelmingly positive response to the material led to Carsillo’s critically hailed second album, 2004’s Cole Porter…Old Love, New Love, True Love, featuring bassist Devon Hoff, drummer Alan U’Ren, trombonist Jeff Cressman, and Dave Mac Nab’s guitar, arrangements and production. The project cemented her reputation as a thoughtful song stylist with an excellent ear for material ideally suited for her clear, unaffected vocals.
By the time Carsillo recorded 2014’s Sugar and Smoke, she’d expanded her repertoire to encompass Bacharach and David, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and Bob Dorough. With pianist Adam Shulman, the accompanist of choice for brilliant song stylists like Paula West and Ed Reed, she found another ideal arranger and interlocutor. Her latest album, 2018’s A Dream or Two is a lithe pianoless session that accentuates the deliberate emotional calibration of her approach. In Carsillo’s hands, love songs smolder with a cool and inviting glow.
Part of what makes her such a fascinating artist is that she’s never been interested in sticking to the straight ahead path. In 2017, she was featured in the jazz play The Cool which ran for three sold-out weeks in San Francisco’s Mission District. She released a lovely children’s album, Lullabies for Little Dreamers, and two CDs with the Theremin-powered Project: Pimento, which turns familiar songs into an uncanny retro-space-age soundtrack.
Fascinated by the possibilities of multimedia productions, she delved into music videos, creating pieces for her original material, some in collaboration with Dollars & Donuts Productions. She continues to pursue songwriting, often collaborating with Jeffrey Burr. She’s studying piano for pleasure and to expand her compositional toolkit. And she’s exploring theatrical situations. A master storyteller with no shortage of new tales to tell, Carsillo continues to extend her creative purview. She’s a jazz artist with a restless streak, eager to discover what comes next.
WITH SINCERE THANKS - TO OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS AND GRANTOR
Meredith Speers and Seamus Malin
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DICK and LAURIE MEYER
DAVE EDWARDS
ELAINE and MICHAEL BROWN
BRUCE JOHNSON and DIANE RAMSEY
MARY and GARY KILPATRIC
KATHY and RICK ABELES
Sustaining Members: ANNA and MARK DAVIS
Sustaining Members: JERI and DON BALICK
DAVE EDWARDS
ELAINE and MICHAEL BROWN
BRUCE JOHNSON and DIANE RAMSEY
MARY and GARY KILPATRIC
KATHY and RICK ABELES
Sustaining Members: ANNA and MARK DAVIS
Sustaining Members: JERI and DON BALICK
