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Greta Matassa

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Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Origin Records
UPC: 0805558278228
Catnr: ORIGIN 82782
Release date: 06 September 2019
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Label
Origin Records
UPC
0805558278228
Catalogue number
ORIGIN 82782
Release date
06 September 2019
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About the album

Several years in the making, vocalist Greta Matassa's 6th recording for Origin is a loving assemblage of her quintet's best material in recent years. A documentation of the work she and her wonderful band have developed on stage over countless performances, and dedicated to her late father James Goehle. A painter and jazz lover, Goehle's faith in and enthusiastic support of his daughter's talents as a teen, inspired and sustained her career in music. The painting on the cover is his portrait of Greta's mother. Greta has been a dominate fixture on Northwest stages for decades and with more recent touring, including sold out dates at New York's Dizzy's Club, and tours of Russia, Singapore, Hawaii, and Japan, Greta's sound is continually reaching new audiences. “Greta Matassa...Soulful...Soul filled...Pocket Diva...Groove Queen...Scats like nobody's business! She is the real deal, baby!” —Carmen Bradford
Several years in the making, vocalist Greta Matassa's 6th recording for Origin is a loving assemblage of her quintet's best material in recent years. A documentation of the work she and her wonderful band have developed on stage over countless performances, and dedicated to her late father James Goehle. A painter and jazz lover, Goehle's faith in and enthusiastic support of his daughter's talents as a teen, inspired and sustained her career in music. The painting on the cover is his portrait of Greta's mother. Greta has been a dominate fixture on Northwest stages for decades and with more recent touring, including sold out dates at New York's Dizzy's Club, and tours of Russia, Singapore, Hawaii, and Japan, Greta's sound is continually reaching new audiences. “Greta Matassa...Soulful...Soul filled...Pocket Diva...Groove Queen...Scats like nobody's business! She is the real deal, baby!” —Carmen Bradford

Artist(s)

Greta Matassa (vocals)

GRETA MATASSA is one of the most talented singers working in jazz today. She has been voted 'Northwest Vocalist of the Year' by Earshot Jazz eight times, honored with a lifetime achievement award and inducted into the Earshot Jazz Hall of Fame in 2014.  Greta has been a mainstay on Seattle's Jazz stages for decades and with more recent touring, including sold out dates at New York's Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center, tours of Russia, Singapore and Hawaii, Japan and New Orleans, Greta's sound is reaching new audiences. She's been featured on 11 CDs for Origin Records and a DVD live concert with guitarist Mimi Fox, and has a critically acclaimed album on the Resonance label, 'I Wanna be Loved.'  Greta has...
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GRETA MATASSA is one of the most talented singers working in jazz today. She has been voted "Northwest Vocalist of the Year" by Earshot Jazz eight times, honored with a lifetime achievement award and inducted into the Earshot Jazz Hall of Fame in 2014. Greta has been a mainstay on Seattle's Jazz stages for decades and with more recent touring, including sold out dates at New York's Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center, tours of Russia, Singapore and Hawaii, Japan and New Orleans, Greta's sound is reaching new audiences. She's been featured on 11 CDs for Origin Records and a DVD live concert with guitarist Mimi Fox, and has a critically acclaimed album on the Resonance label, "I Wanna be Loved." Greta has appeared with countless notable musicians over the years, including: John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Houston Person, Russell Malone, Mike Stern, Tamir Hendelman, Bruce Foreman, Josh Nelson, John Pizzerelli, Mike Wofford, Holly Hoffman, David Frishberg, and Peter Bernstein. Greta is also a respected and generous teacher. She has been on faculty at Jazz Camp West, Drayton Harbor Jazz Festival and The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, and has a thriving, multi-faceted private teaching studio.
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Greta Matassa (vocals)

GRETA MATASSA is one of the most talented singers working in jazz today. She has been voted 'Northwest Vocalist of the Year' by Earshot Jazz eight times, honored with a lifetime achievement award and inducted into the Earshot Jazz Hall of Fame in 2014.  Greta has been a mainstay on Seattle's Jazz stages for decades and with more recent touring, including sold out dates at New York's Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center, tours of Russia, Singapore and Hawaii, Japan and New Orleans, Greta's sound is reaching new audiences. She's been featured on 11 CDs for Origin Records and a DVD live concert with guitarist Mimi Fox, and has a critically acclaimed album on the Resonance label, 'I Wanna be Loved.'  Greta has...
more
GRETA MATASSA is one of the most talented singers working in jazz today. She has been voted "Northwest Vocalist of the Year" by Earshot Jazz eight times, honored with a lifetime achievement award and inducted into the Earshot Jazz Hall of Fame in 2014. Greta has been a mainstay on Seattle's Jazz stages for decades and with more recent touring, including sold out dates at New York's Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center, tours of Russia, Singapore and Hawaii, Japan and New Orleans, Greta's sound is reaching new audiences. She's been featured on 11 CDs for Origin Records and a DVD live concert with guitarist Mimi Fox, and has a critically acclaimed album on the Resonance label, "I Wanna be Loved." Greta has appeared with countless notable musicians over the years, including: John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Houston Person, Russell Malone, Mike Stern, Tamir Hendelman, Bruce Foreman, Josh Nelson, John Pizzerelli, Mike Wofford, Holly Hoffman, David Frishberg, and Peter Bernstein. Greta is also a respected and generous teacher. She has been on faculty at Jazz Camp West, Drayton Harbor Jazz Festival and The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, and has a thriving, multi-faceted private teaching studio.
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01.
Pieces of Dreams
05:02
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
02.
To Make You Feel My Love
03:38
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Bob Dylan) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
03.
The Shining Sea
04:43
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
04.
Prelude to a Kiss
05:11
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mandel) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
05.
If You Never Fall in Love With Me
04:06
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Donald Wolf, Sam Jones) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
06.
Down Here on the Ground
05:01
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
07.
That Day (From Cinema Paradiso)
04:17
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Gale Garnett, Lalo Shifrin) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
08.
The Beat of My Heart
03:43
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Harold Spina, John Francis Burke) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
09.
The One Who Loves the Most / Softly as I Leave You
04:29
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Hal Sharper, Tony de Vita, Jack Segal, Blossom Dearie) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
10.
Gone With the Wind
04:33
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
11.
Just for a Thrill
05:27
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Lil Armstrong, Allie Wruber) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
12.
Baubles Bangles and Beads
04:43
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Robert Wright, George Forrest) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
13.
Lush Life
07:46
(Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Billy Strayhorn) Alexey Nikolaev, Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson, Darin Clendenin, Greta Matassa
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