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| Laurie Antonioli (2008) | |
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| Bay Area native Laurie Antonioli has been immersed in music (performing, writing lyrics, and teaching) ever since she was a teenager. Her entry to jazz was via the Nellie Lutcher recordings given to her by her grandmother, and she soon absorbed Billie Holiday. College introduced her to Bird, Miles & Trane and the hard boppers, and the interactions of Jackie & Roy with Charlie Ventura’s band set the direction for her life.
Early on, Laurie guested with then-Bay Area resident Mark Murphy, and went on the road in Europe with Pony Poindexter. She was part of the fertile San Francisco jazz scene of the 1980s, appearing with Bobby McFerrin (who calls her one of his favorite singers, “intuitively musical, great sense of humor, and an inspiring improviser”) and sitting in at the Keystone Korner with the likes of Jon Hendricks, Tete Montoliu and Cedar Walton. Largely off the performing scene for a decade while taking care of domestic duties, Laurie taught, first privately, and then at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria, and now at the Jazzschool in Berkeley, where she’s Director of Vocal Studies. Another Bay Area-resident, Joe Henderson, was a great friend, and provided one of the many tunes, “Black Narcissus” to which she has written lyrics. Others include Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan and Charlie Haden, John Pattitucci, and her Graz colleague, Fritz Pauer. Richie Beirach, with whom Laurie has recorded (music of his, lyrics of hers), calls her “a piano player’s dream.” |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
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| # 1 | Kenny Wheeler | Music for Large and Small Ensembles | The Opening | ECM |
| # 2 | Betty Carter | The Audience with Betty Carter | My Favorite Things | Verve |
| # 3 | Keith Jarrett | Still Live | My Funny Valentine | ECM |
| # 4 | Nellie Lutcher | Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm | Baby, Please Stop | Bear Family Records |
| # 5 | Anuar Brahem | Thimar | Al Hizam Al Dhahbi | ECM |
| # 6 | Nguyên Lê | Walking on the Tiger's Tail | Wingless Flight | ACT |
| # 7 | Joe Williams | A Swingin' Night at Birdland | Have You Met Miss Jones? | Roulette |
| # 8 | Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir | Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares | Pilentze Pee | Elektra Nonesuch |
| # 9 | Laurie Antonioli and Richie Beirach | Transformation | Exaltation | Not commercially available as of Feb 2008 |
| Book | Thich Nhat Hanh, "The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching" | |||
| Luxury Item | A private jet that could get me on and off the island at will | |||
| Lincoln Adler
29 Aug Laurie Antonioli 29 Feb Jeff Ballard 08 Aug David Belove 20 Jun Ken Berman 15 Aug Lee Bloom 14 Mar Maxwell Chandler 05 Dec Jeff Cressman 04 Jan Sylvia Cuenca 01 Aug | Terry Disley
02 May Taylor Eigsti 18 Jan Kathleen Grace 21 Nov Craig Handy 18 Apr Tootie Heath 25 Jul John Lee 17 Oct Seward McCain 24 Oct Myra Melford 04 Apr Brian Melvin 27 Jun | Debbie Poryes
19 Sep Ali Ryerson 08 Feb Antonio Sanchez 14 Nov Jaz Sawyer 10 Oct Wally Schnalle 11 Apr Dred Scott 21 Mar Scott Sorkin 08 Nov Dayna Stephens 18 Jul Al Young 26 Sep |