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A Neon Jazz Interview with New Orleans-based Jazz Singer Carmela Rappazzo
Carmela Rappazzo
I Love Paris - Carmela Rappazzo
1 Skylark  
2 Cicadas  
3 Love Tune  
4 Heartbeat  
5 Dancer  
6 So In Love  
7 Empty Chair  
8 Keep Your Distance  
9 Love Tune 4 Real  
10 A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing  
11 Endless Fall  
12 Ursula (redux)  
13 Sweet Sleep  
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While experiencing covid lock down in New Orleans Carmela wrote and recorded her seventh project  "Love and Other Difficulties" an exploration of the many aspects of love. 

The thirteen tracks are comprised of six original songs of Carmela's and three collaborations with pianist and composer Oscar Rossignoli. There are also three standard covers and a cover of New Orleans singer songwriter Paul Sanchez.

The standards chosen were Cole Porter's "So In Love" with it's tango-esque arrangement and it's sense of longing, Billy Strayhorn's "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" his love song to flowers, and Hoagy Carmichael's "Skylark" another beautiful song of longing.

  • Carmela Rappazzo is comfortable in her own skin on '9' / offBeat Magazine
    Posted At: July 30, 2024 12:00 AM
    off Beat Magazine writes…. On 9, vocalist Carmela Rappazzo returns to the same territory she explored on her critically-acclaimed 2023 album, Whispering. It’s her ninth release and second featuring mostly original music.Since moving to New Orleans after a long career in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere, Rappazzo has taken advantage of the deep well of local talent interested in exploring jazzy original m...
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  • Carmela Rappazzo releases: 'Whispering' on Studiola Records / offBeat
    Posted At: June 27, 2023 12:00 AM
    Carmela Rappazzo offers a ripple of acoustic guitar, and a cello goes through a darkened nightclub. Then the rest of the small band—sax, accordion and bass—join in with a breezy rhythm as a single spotlight fades up, illuminating a singer on a stool.“Soon enough the winds grow fierce,” she sings. And here we are, at the start of a song cycle of sorts bringing intimate observations and witty charm.Well, it’s...
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  • Carmela Rappazzo - Love & Other Difficulties makes OffBeat Magazine's '50 Best Albums Of 2021 In Louisiana Music'
    Posted At: December 29, 2021 12:00 AM
    OffBeat Magazine writes….The COVID pandemic continued in 2021, making the presentation of live music difficult, and during a spike in infections, nearly impossible. Over the course of the year, fewer albums than usual were released with musicians more often issuing singles and EPs instead of full-length records. Nevertheless, in 2021 there were more than 150 album releases (that we are aware of) some of whi...
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  • There is a certain breeziness to Carmela Rappazzo's 'Love & Other Difficulties' / off Beat Magazine
    Posted At: December 2, 2021 12:00 AM

    "I try really hard as a writer to write light and airy songs," says jazz singer and songwriter Carmela Rappazzo. "And I suck at it."   off Beat Magazine's STEVE HOCHMAN writes.....Rappazzo is trying to identify the thread that connects the songs on her new album. There are nine originals, interspersed with three from the American songbook (the wistful Hoagie Carmichael/Johnny Mercer tune...
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  • Carmela Rappazzo chats about 'Love and Other Difficulties' with Harmonious World Podcast
    Posted At: September 29, 2021 12:00 AM

    While experiencing covid lock down in New Orleans Carmela wrote and recorded her seventh project  "Love and Other Difficulties" an exploration of the many aspects of love.  The thirteen tracks are comprised of six original songs of Carmela Rappazzo's and three collaborations with pianist and composer Oscar Rossignoli. There are also three standard covers and a cover of New Orleans singe...
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  • Carmela Rappazzo chats about 'Love and Other Difficulties' with Neon Jazz
    Posted At: September 15, 2021 12:00 AM

    Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with New Orleans-based Jazz Singer Carmela Rappazzo .. She opened up about her seventh recording "Love and Other Difficulties" where she explores the many aspects of love. Born and raised in upstate New York, she heard classic music from an early age. She moved to New York City singing in clubs and performing in off-off Broadway Theater and a few...
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  • Carmela Rappazzo chats about 'Love and Other Difficulties' with 104.1KSCO
    Posted At: August 27, 2021 12:00 AM

    While experiencing covid lock down in New Orleans Carmela Rappazzo wrote and recorded her seventh project  "Love and Other Difficulties" an exploration of the many aspects of love. The thirteen tracks are comprised of six original songs of Carmela's and three collaborations with pianist and composer Oscar Rossignoli. There are also three standard covers and a cover of New Orleans singer son...
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  • Carmela Rappazzo spins a good story on Howlin' At The Moon / JazzInEurope
    Posted At: February 22, 2018 12:00 AM

    Carmela Rappazzo is a born story teller. She also has a lovely voice. I know both these things because she sang at the inaugural London Jazz Platform I curated back in June of 2017 where she was accompanied by the talented Marco Marconi on piano. Her last album ‘Myths and Legends' won critical acclaim and now she is back with a new release called ‘Howlin' At The Moon'.   I asked...
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  • Carmela Rappazzo takes us on a musical journey to Joseph City
    Posted At: August 26, 2013 12:00 AM

    Joseph City, Carmela Rappazzo's fourth CD is a series of her most expansive collaborations to date. Familiar Jazz standards with Rappazzo's unique arrangements The New Mexico landscape where Carmela Rappazzo now resides has proven to be highly inspirational for her. The fertile earth serves as a metaphor for Rappazzo's compositions and fresh sounding ideas. On 'Joseph City,&...
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  • Carmela Rappazzo is 'The Girl Who Dreams Out Loud'
    Posted At: August 12, 2013 12:00 AM

    The Girl Who Dreams Out Loud, represents a departure for Carmela Rappazzo, from the familiar jazz covers of her past, into a new exploration of original material by such notables as Hirth Martinez, Donald Fagen, Mike Melvoin, Michael Triandafils, Pete Snell, Mark Carroll and Rappzzo herself. These tunes cover a wide range of styles that will please the straight ahead Jazz listener, as well as Samba ...
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