Laura Lala, Coraggio Review

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Laura Lala, Coraggio Review

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Laura Lala is a vocalist, composer. lyricist and pianist based in Italy. She studied piano with Mauro Schiavone, graduated from the DAMS Music of Palermo with honors with a thesis on Billie Holiday related by the musicologist Marcello Piras. Lala moved to Rome to attend the Saint Louis College of Music, where she continued studying jazz and singing with Cinzia Spata and Elisabetta Antonini. There she earned a Diploma in jazz singing. Lala also had the opportunity to study with: Sheila Jordan, Norma Winstone, Mark Murphy, Rosalba Bentivoglio, Katleen Perry, Susanne Abbhuel. Lala’s compositional style brings the sounds of European jazz and American jazz together in a unique way. Lala has a new album out titled, Coraggio. With eight original compositions that have elements of world music, Latin jazz, European jazz and American jazz; all presented with Lala’s beautifully controlled vocals and stunning lyrics.

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Positives:

The album has a lot of variety, both in instrumentation and in feels and tempos. The melodies are well-written, and the forms are full of inspiration.

Bottom Line:

Lala lends her unique vibe of jazz to eight tracks that are emotional and entertaining. The album title Coraggio (Courage) has special meaning to Lala, she explains, “When I started writing this album, I chose the word "Courage" and I probably did not know how much I would have needed, this courage, to complete my recording project. Courage is not the absence of fear, it is fear, but fear that walks, that advances, that does not stop. The word courage has brought it in for a while: life constantly exposes us to new experiences of all kinds and calls us, I would call upon it daily, and sometimes even suddenly, to perform small and great acts of courage.” The music shows Lala has the courage to be herself and express through music all her passions, fears, and nuances that makes her a special spirited artist. Her voices is flavorful an exotic and hits and expresses her message with cohesion and prowess. That's the short it!

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