Meredith D'Ambrosio

Meredith D' Ambrosio ( born March 20, 1941 in Boston) is an American musician (jazz vocals, piano ), painter and songwriter.

D' Ambrosio comes from a musical family and had piano and singing lessons since the age of six years. At seventeen, she performed on television. She attended the Berklee College of Music in 1953 and studied 1958/59 on the Boston Museum School Art. In the 1950s she played with local bands; they verfertigte rolls of paper and calligraphy. 1966 John Coltrane asked her if she wanted to go on his tour of Japan; she refused because she wanted to further develop. About ten years later, she recorded her debut album, Lost in His Arms on where her husband Eddie Higgins participated. The mid-1980s she performed at festivals in Italy and France. On the label Sunnyside Records appeared in the 1980s and 1990s more albums, including with guest musicians such as Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Lee Konitz, Fred Hersch, Harold Danko, Erik Friedlander and Rufus Reid.

D' Ambrosio has taught since 1980 piano and singing at various colleges. According to the judgment of the critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton, it is characterized by the exceptional selection of their song material as rarely interpreted songs by Burton Lane's "A Rainy Afternoon" or Noel Coward's "Gypsy " as well as tracks from Dave Frishberg, Gene Lees, Loonis McGloohan Deborah Henson - Conant or ( "How Is Your Wife" ). They also wrote their own texts to titles such as John Carisis " Israel," Dave Brubeck's "Strange Meadowlark ", Al Cohn's " The Underdog " or " Giant Steps " by John Coltrane.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Little Jazz Bird ( Palo Alto, 1982) with Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Bill Goodwin
  • It's Your Dance ( Sunnyside Records, 1985) with Harold Danko, Kevin Eubanks
  • Love Is Not a Game ( Sunnyside, 1990) with Eddie Higgins, Rufus Reid, Keith Copeland
  • Love Is for the Birds ( Sunnyside, 2001)
  • Wishing on the Moon ( Sunnyside, 2006)

Swell

  • Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-141-02327-9.
Vocal jazz Richard Cook (journalist) Brian Morton (Scottish writer) Noël Coward Deborah Henson-Conant Bill Goodwin (jazz drummer)
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