Michela Lombardi & Piero Frassi Trio - Solitary Moon (Inside The Music Of Johnny Mandel) (2016)

She teaches Jazz Vocals at La Spezia Conservatory and Sassari Conservatory. Ever since her debut on the jazz scene with the cd “Small Day Tomorrow” (Philology, 2004), she was mentioned among the “Best Musicians” in the TOP JAZZ POLLS on Musica Jazz magazine. She recorded nine cds as a leader – two of them feature legendary saxophone player Phil Woods.
Michela’s signature also appears close to Burt Bacharach’s below the title of a recent song written by the great American songwriter (“How The Heart Knows”) as she wrote the official Italian lyrics. She’s been performing in festivals both in Europe (especially at Duc Des Lombards, Paris, in 2005) and Israel (she sang at the Opera House in Tel for the Jazz season opening in 2009).
She was among the twelve finalists at Brussels International Young Jazz Singers Competition in 2006 and she received a Special Mention at Crest Jazz Vocal Concours (France) in 2007. As a composer, she won the Audience Prize at the Italian Competition for Female Jazz Composers "Note di Donna" at Piacenza Jazz Club in 2009.

Michela is an outstanding singer, a terrific new talent.
She sounds like a hip angel. She writes great lyrics too.
Working with her was a revelation."
(Phil Woods)

Tracklist:

1. Close Enough For Love (6:11)
2. A Time For Love (5:32)
3. Cinnamon And Clove (5:40)
4. Little Did I Dream (3:27)
5. I Never Told You (6:12)
6. The Shining Sea (5:54)
7. Where Do You Start (7:05)
8. Solitary Moon (6:43)
9. I Won't Beleive My Eyes (6:02)
10. Don't Look Back Every Day Is A New Day (4:38)
11. Unless Is You (3:47)
12. The Shadow Of Your Smile (5:03)