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Member Since: 12/13/2006
Band Website: irenesings.com
Band Members:
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Irene - vocals
Marco Tulio - acoustic guitar
Daniel Groisman - bass
Cristiano Novelli - percussion
Ron Snyder - piano
Scott Martin - flute & saxaphone
"All About Jazz" review by George Harris
December 2007/Vol. 5 No. 11
If your idea of heaven is Brazilian music of the bossa nova vein, you’ve just passed through Saint Peter’s gates with Summer Samba. Sweet-voiced Irene sways through a cornucopia of ’60s samba with a slick, light and glossy band.
Songs like Jobim’s "One Note Samba" and "Waters of March" evoke images of Brazil, with Irene’s infectious pop treatment of these tunes from the great South American songbook. Songs that we’ve grown accustomed to that have even a hint of samba flavor like "Whatever Lola Wants" are treated with a twinkle in the eye with the extra groove kicking in.
What catches ones ear with a raised eyebrow are her wonderful Brazilian additions to songs like "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "Let’s Face the Music and Dance."
Just as Count Basie and Benny Goodman could swing anything that would come their way, Irene transforms these Tin Pan Alley tunes into snappy and infectious salsas.
Cheerful, bright and optimistic, Irene can’t help but cheer you up if you’re down in the dumps or feeling the blues. Summer Samba is a great recording to start and if you’ve ever wondered what drove the music world mad in the ’60s besides the Beatles pick up a copy of your own for a taste of summer in the winter.
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Influences: Tropical places, swaying palm trees, balmy weather, coral reefs, turquoise water, hot sultry nights, dancing the Samba by moonlight, Brazilian rhythms, chocolate, the vanilla orchid, cane fields, the scent of coconut oil, life, love, happiness.
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Blossom Dearie, Astrid Gilberto, Patricia Kaas, Milton Naciamento, Dusty Springfield, Tito Puento, Eva Cassidy, Sergio Mendes, Koop, Bebel Gilberto, Stan Getz, Elis Regina, Pink Martini, Earl Klugh, Gloria Estephan, Sonic Youth, Al Jarreau, Suzanne Vega, Quincy Jones, Diana Krall, Madeline Peyroux, George Benson, Sade, Basia, Annie Lennox, Michael Buble, Marilyn Monroe, Ella Fitzgerald, Pat Metheny Group, Rosemary Clooney, Mel Torme, Fred Astaire, Julie London, Van Morrison, Eartha Kitt, Jim Morrison, The Beatles, Jamie Cullum, Nina Simone, Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, Doris Day, Nancy Wilson.
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Irene took these photos on the island of Bora Bora in French Polynesia.
Irène a pris ces images sur l’ile de Bora Bora à la Polynesie Française.
SET LIST
Agua de Beber
Autumn Leaves (French & English)
Bahia
Bésame Mucho (Spanish)
Big Spender
Black Orpheus
Blue Moon
Brazil
Cheek to Cheek
Chega de Saudade
Come Rain or Come Shine
Crazy
Crazy He Calls Me
Desafinado
Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend
The Chewing Gum Song
Dindi
Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Dream A Little Dream
Feliz Navidad (Spanish)
Fever
Fly Me To The Moon
For Me Formidable (French)
Frim Fram Sauce
Girl From Ipanema
How Insensitive
How Long Has This Been Going On?
I Love Paris
I’m Beginning To See The Light
It Don’t Mean A Thing
It’s All Right With Me
It’s Too Darn Hot
It’s Only a Paper Moon
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Jingle Bells
Just One of Those Things
Killing Me Softly
La Vie En Rose (French)
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Let’s Fall In Love
Like A Lover
Little Boat
Lost Mind
Love You Madly
Meditation
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
One Note Samba
Padam, Padam (French)
Popsicle Toes
Pretty World
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
Route 66
Santa Baby
Smile
Só Danço Samba (Portuguese)
So Many Stars
Someone to Light Up My Life
Song of the Jet
Song of the Sabiá
So Nice (Summer Samba)
Sous Le Ciel De Paris (French)
Steppin’ Out With My Baby
Summertime
Sway
S’ Wonderful
The Chewing Gum Song
The Constant Rain
They All Laughed
They Can’t Take That Away
Till You Come Back To Me
Triste
Watch What Happens
Waters of March
Wave
Whatever Lola Wants
Why Don’t You Do Right
You Do Something To Me
You Took Advantage Of Me
Sounds Like:
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wave, Tide, Blossom Dearie, Astrid Gilberto, Patricia Kaas, Milton Naciamento, Dusty Springfield, Tito Puento, Eva Cassidy, Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66, Look Around, Foursider Koop, Equinox, Bebel Gilberto, Stan Getz, Elis Regina, Pink Martini, Earl Klugh, Gloria Estephan, Sonic Youth, Al Jarreau, Suzanne Vega, Quincy Jones, Diana Krall, When I look In Your Eyes, The Girl in the Other Room, The Look of Love, Live In Paris, Into The Light The Intimate Ella, Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club, Pure Ella, Flora Purim Flora's song, Bossa Nova, Sway, The Constant Rain, Summer Samba, So Nice, Little Boat, So Many Stars, Samba Saravah, Pretty World, Besame Mucho, One Note Samba, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Let's Face the Music and Dance, Elis & Tom, Lina Eder It's Time, Madeline Peyroux, George Benson, Sade, Basia, Annie Lennox, Michael Buble, Marilyn Monroe, Ella Fitzgerald, Pat Metheny Group, Rosemary Clooney, Mel Torme, Fred Astaire, Julie London, Van Morrison, Eartha Kitt, Jim Morrison, The Beatles, Jamie Cullum, Nina Simone, Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, Gorilla, Never Die Young, Basia, Clear Horizon, Time and Tide, London Warsaw New York, The Sweetest Illusion, Basia on Boradway, Doris Day, Nancy Wilson, Leny Andrade, Beth Carvalho, Alcione, Flora Purim, Rosa Passos, Joyce, Gracinha Leporace, Gal Costa, Lani Hall, Mônica Salmaso, Pedro Mariano, Filó Machado, Céu da Boca, Mercedes Sosa, Emilio Santiago, Luiz Melodia, Célia & Ze Luiz Mazziotti, Mercedes Sosa, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Andy & Salome Bey, Sarah Vaughn, Irene Kral, Jackie & Roy, New York Voices, Carmen McCrae, Betty Carter, Miriam Makeba, Begum Ferdausi,
Edu Lobo, Hermeto Pascoal, Jovino Santos Neto, Dori Caymmi, , Djavan, Claus Ogerman, Cesar Camargo Mariano, João Bosco, Clare Fischer, Guinga, Moacir Santos, Baden Powell, Chico Buarque, Toninho Horta, Heitor Villa Lobos, Eric Satie, Debussy, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Airto Moreira, Teo Lima, Djalma Correa, Papete, Marcio Bahia, Pernambuco, Robertinho Silva, Banda Black Rio, Sivuca, Batacotô, Opa, Hugo Fatorusso, Ruben Rada, Eduardo Falú, Zimbo Trio, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Michel Petrucciani,Tania Maria,Michel Camilo, Eliane Elias,Herbie Hancock, Danilo Perez, Bill Evans,Oscar Peterson,Cesar Camargo Mariano,Cidinho Texiceira, Mulgrew Miller,Kenny Kirkland,Yellow Jackets,Joyce, Earth Wind and Fire, Kiyoshiro Imawano, GMF, Picason, Van Van, Irakere, Klimax, Septeto Nacional, Munequitos de Matanzas, Pancho Quinto, Maceo Parker, Tania Maria, Grand Mother's Funck, Columbia del Puerto, Asere, Michel Petrucciani, Cubanismo!, Maraca, La Charanga Habanera, La Charanga Forever, Pee Wee Ellis, Julio Barreto, Etta James, Gilberto Gil, Clave y Guaguanco, Issac Delgado, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Juan Luis Guerra, Cachao, Coto y su Eco del Caribe, George Benson, Greazy Meal, Angelique Kidjo, Paquito D'Rivera, Quincy Jones, Adalberto Alvarez, Los Papines, Nancy &; Zotsa, Lagbaja, Pupi y los que son, Johnny Guitar Watson, Chucho Valdez, Son Alarde, Knackeboul, Famara, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Benny More, Miguel Matamoros, Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Ignacio Pineiro, Orquesta Ritmo Oriental, Tata Guines, Changuito, Emiliano Salvador, Sergio Mendes, Take 6, Manhattan Transfer, the Jazz Messengers, Duke Ellington, Son 14, Freddie Hubbard, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Richard Egues, Jose Fajardo, Antonio Arcano, Orquesta Aragon, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Earth Wind &; Fire, Ruben Blades, Brecker Brothers, Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Gal Costa, Djavan, Caetano Veloso, Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Oscar Valdes, Yoruba Andabo, Frank Emilio Flynn, P. Peruchin, Ignacio Cervantes, Ernesto Lecuona, Israel Lopez Cachao, Oscar D'Leon, Celia Cruz, Giovanni Hidalgo, Arturo Sandoval, Claudio Roditi
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie
