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SUMMARY:Vanessa Racci - Comfort & Joy Album Release
LOCATION:Birdland Jazz Club
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to be enveloped by Comfort s third album release show
  at Birdland Jazz. Known originally as the Jazzy Italian\, this album is V
 anessas foray into something different. Comfort & Joy is a neo-classic Hol
 iday Jazz album reviving the warm\, seasonal sounds of Ella\, Nat and Sina
 tra with a modern Jazz twist. Its co-produced by 2x Grammy Winner\, Nicole
  Zuraitis\, and arranged by NY Pops and Broadway arranger/pianist\, Ron Dr
 otos with an amazing team of musicians: Marcus McLaurine on bass\, Dan Pug
 ach on drums\, Geoff Burke on sax\, Benny Benack on trumpet / duet vocals 
 and Sean Harkness on guitar. BIO:Vanessa Racci is a touring and recording 
 jazz vocalist who is equally comfortable singing straight-ahead jazz as we
 ll as music that reflects her Italian heritage. Descended from Southern It
 alian immigrants\, she grew up living with her Barese grandfather\, who pl
 ayed Jazz and Italian classics throughout the house. This inspired her fir
 st\, self-released album\, Italiana Fresca\, in 2017\, produced by David F
 inck and arranged by Yaron Gershovsky of Manhattan Transfer. After debutin
 g her music to a sold out crowd at Birdland Jazz Club and touring it aroun
 d the country\, Vanessa was inspired to record her second album after visi
 ting the Jazz and Italian American museums of New Orleans. Her sophomore a
 lbum\, Jazzy Italian (Zoho Jazz Label\, 2022)\, celebrates Italian America
 ns who made their mark on jazz from Louis Prima to Chick Corea. Produced a
 nd arranged by Grammy winner\, Steven Feifke\, Jazzy Italian made the top 
 10 Traditional jazz albums of 2022 on the RMR jazz chart and is programmed
  on Siriusly Sinatra and NPR in addition to 150+ radio stations. Vanessa a
 lso produces and performs in several other jazz history shows including Ho
 t Speakeasy Nights (The story of Prohibition in NYC and the music that def
 ined it)\, An Ode to Gershwin and a Tribute to Harry Warren. Vanessa perfo
 rms at over 50 venues and festivals across the country annually from New Y
 ork to New Orleans to San Francisco with a social media following of 16K+.
  Notable appearances include ABC7NY\, Birdland\, Gracie Mansion\, The Para
 mount\, White Plains Jazz Festival and the Ronald Reagan International Tra
 de Center. When she isnt performing\, she teaches voice at her home studio
  and at Music in Chappaqua. Vanessa studied Jazz voice at SUNY Purchase wi
 th Alexis Cole and privately with Jackie Presti and is currently getting h
 er Masters in Jazz at SUNY Purchase (27 Grad). To learn more or subscribe 
 to her mailing list\, go to www.vanessaracci.com or follow on Instagram\, 
 Facebook\, YouTube\, TikTok or Spotify @VanessaRacci.\n\nBoletos: https://
 www.ticketweb.com/event/vanessa-racci-comfort-birdland-jazz-club-tickets/1
 4223574
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