DownBeat Magazineās 58th Annual Critics Poll results are in and Roberta Gambarini is the winner in the ‘Rising Star Female Vocalist’ category!
Roberta made her North American debut in 2006 with the GRAMMY-nominated ‘Easy to Love‘ and since then has garnered her second GRAMMY nomination (in 2010) with her third release, ‘So in Love‘ [...]
NEW YORK, NY – Roberta Gambarini was awarded FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR at the 2010 Jazz Journalists Awards on June 14, 2010.
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10. Female Singer of the Year
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Roberta Gambarini -WINNER-
Sheila Jordan
Gretchen Parlato
Cassandra Wilson
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See the full list of winners at http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=58178
December 3, 2009 – 1:57 am
Groovin’ High congratulates Roy Hargrove and Roberta Gambarini on their Grammy nominations!!!
Two-time Grammy winner Roy Hargrove has been nominated for a Best Improvised Jazz Solo Grammy for “Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey,” from his first big band album, ‘Emergence.’
Roberta Gambarini earns her second Best Jazz Vocal Grammy Nomination for ‘So In Love.’
Congratulations to Roy and Roberta!
October 1, 2009 – 12:51 am
Roberta Gambarini has been featured in the latest issues of Newsweek and Jazz Times!
Jazz Times exclaims “If there’s any lingering doubt that Roberta Gambarini has, with remarkable alacrity, joined the upper exchelon of jazz singers, So In Love should erase it. Gambarini opens with the Cole Porter title track, allowing it to unfold in slow reveal, achieving a sublime effect that suggests twinkling stars appearing one by one against a jet black sky.”
September 18, 2009 – 1:35 pm
Roberta Gambarini’s new album, ‘So In Love,’ is #3 on the Jazz Week Radio chart!
September 18, 2009 – 1:31 pm
Roy Hargrove’s new Big Band album, ‘Emergence,’ is # on the Jazz Week Radio chart!
August 24, 2009 – 11:43 am
Nate Chinen in the NEW YORK TIMES: “‘Emergence,’ his first big-band album, puts a bright gloss on a spruce ambition, with a high degree of musicianship and a lot of solicitous charm.”
August 18, 2009 – 8:38 pm
WBGO will host the world renowned ROY HARGROVE BIG BAND Live on their airwaves, Friday August 28 at 2pm!
Roy and his Big Band will perform music from EMERGENCE, their debut album to be released on August 25 on Groovin’ High/Universal.
Michael Bourne will host Roy Hargrove Big Band on his Afternoon Jazz program for a special [...]
August 18, 2009 – 7:11 pm
WBGO will host jazz vocalist ROBERTA GAMBARINI Live on their airwaves, Friday August 28 at Noon!
Roberta will perform music from her brand new CD, SO IN LOVE, to be released on August 25 on Groovin’ High/Universal.
Eulis Cathey (in for the vacationing Rhonda Hamilton) will host Roberta and her quartet for this special live concert and interview broadcast!
The broadcast can be heard live worldwide on http://www.wbgo.org, and live in the Newark/NYC area on WBGO / Jazz 88.3 FM.
Please join us!
August 11, 2009 – 2:31 pm
Roy Hargrove will debut his new CD, ROY HARGROVE BIG BAND “EMERGENCE” LIVE, for free, at the J&R MUSIC FEST.
Roberta Gambarini will also debut her new CD, SO IN LOVE, live at the same event!
Roberta Gambarini will perform at 4pm; Roy Hargrove Big Band will play at 5pm.
To RSVP or invite friends, please visit the [...]