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Easy to Love: Roberta Gambarini

This week on Afterglow it’s “Easy to Love: Roberta Gambarini.” Jazz vocalist Gambarini was born in Italy and came to the United States in the late 1990s.

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Grammy-nominated Roberta Gambarini's album Easy to Love. After winning third in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal competition, she moved to New York City and came under the tutelage of musicians such as jazz great Benny Carter.

This week on Afterglow it’s “Easy to Love: Roberta Gambarini.” Italian-born, Gambarini came to the United States in the late 1990s on a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music.

After finishing third in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal competition, she moved to New York City and came under the tutelage of musicians such as jazz great Benny Carter.

In recent years she’s worked frequently with Hank Jones, and we’ll hear the two of them on their new CD of duets, Lush Life , as well as music from her Grammy-nominated album Easy to Love . You can read more about Roberta Gambarini here .

Other artists this week include Freddie Hubbard, Julie London, Joe Lovano, Jeremy Pelt, and Bing Crosby.

Music Heard On This Episode

Easy to Love
Roberta Gambarini — Easy to Love (Kindred Rhythm, 2006)
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Easy to Love
Roberta Gambarini — Easy to Love (Kindred Rhythm, 2006)
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At Last
Glenn Miller — A Legendary Performer (RCA/Bluebird, 1942)
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Just the Way I Am
June Christy — Duet (Capitol, 1955)
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Body and Soul
Freddie Hubbard — Here to Stay (Blue Note, 1962)
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Manhattan
Lee Wiley — Music of Manhattan, 1951 (Uptown, 1951)
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Just Friends
Martial Solal — Just Friends (Dreyfus, 1997)
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Detour Ahead
Woody Herman — California Concerts 1949
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On the Sunny Side of the Street
Roberta Gambarini — Easy to Love (Kindred Rhythm, 2006)
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You Are There
Roberta Gambarini — Lush Life (55 Records, 2007)
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Loverman
Roberta Gambarini — Easy to Love (Kindred Rhythm, 2006)
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Suppertime
Roberta Gambarini — Lush Life (55 Records, 2007)
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Get Happy
Tierney Sutton — On the Other Side (TelArc, 2007)
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Raincheck
Joe Lovano — Lush Life: the Untold Story of Billy Strayhorn (Blue Note, 2007)
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The Thrill Is Gone
Julie London — Julie...At Home/Around Midnight (EMI UK, 1960)
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This Is the Moment
Jeremy Pelt — Close to My Heart (MaxJazz, 2003)
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Reminiscin'
Roberta Gambarini — Lush Life (55 Records, 2007)
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Multi-Colored Blue
Roberta Gambarini — Easy to Love (Kindred Rhythm, 2006)
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Stardust
Roberta Gambarini — Lush Life (55 Records, 2007)
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Moonlight Becomes You
Bing Crosby — Legendary Years 1931-57 (MCA/Decca, 1942)
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Young at Heart
Brad Mehldau — Songs: Art of the Trio V. 3 (Warner Bros., 1998)
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In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Gerry Mulligan — Night Lights (Polygram, 1963)
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Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, David Brent Johnson moved to Bloomington in 1991. He is an alumnus of Indiana University, and began working with WFIU in 2002. Currently, David serves as jazz producer and systems coordinator at the station. His interests include literature, history, music, writing, and movies.

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