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词条 Roseanna Vitro
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  1. Biography

  2. Discography

  3. Awards and honors

  4. References

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Roseanna Vitro
| image = Roseannavitro.jpg
| caption = Vitro in 2011
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|02|28}}
| birth_place = Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
| genre = Jazz, vocal jazz
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1985–present
| label = Skyline, Chase Music Group, Concord Jazz, Telarc, Sea Breeze, A Records, Challenge, Half Note, Motéma, Random Act
| website = {{URL|roseannavitrojazz.squarespace.com/}}
}}

Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro (born February 28, 1951) is a jazz singer and teacher from Arkansas.

Biography

Born Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro[1] in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on February 28, 1951, Vitro began singing at an early age, drawing inspiration from gospel, rock, rhythm and blues, musical theatre, and classical music.[2] During the 1950s, her father owned a night club in Hot Springs called The Flamingo. He loved Dean Martin's music and opera, and her mother's family sang gospel. By the 1960s, she was determined to be a rock singer.[3]

Vitro was exposed to jazz and it became her genre of choice after moving to Houston, Texas in the 1970s. Ray Sullenger discovered Vitro and presented her to the Houston jazz community where she sang frequently with tenor Arnett Cobb.[4] Vitro worked for two years in Houston's Green Room with her group "Roseanna with Strings and Things" hosting a radio show on KUHF-FM. Many jazz musicians stopped in and played with Strings and Things, such as Cobb, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Tommy Flanagan and Keter Betts. Cobb, Peterson, and Sullenger encouraged her to dedicate herself to jazz.

In 1978, she moved to New York City with guitarist Scott Hardy and began to study with Gabor Carelli, a professor from the Manhattan School of Music, and began to perform with Kenny Werner and Fred Hersch. She sang with Lionel Hampton and later toured with him. She appeared at The Blue Note, Iridium, Birdland, and Dizzy's Jazz Club at Lincoln Center. She appeared with Steve Allen at The Town Hall at The Apollo Theater and recorded an album of Allen's songs. In 2005 she performed and recorded with Kenny Werner Trio at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

Throughout her career she has collaborated with musicians such as Kenny Barron, Christian McBride, Elvin Jones, Gary Bartz, Kevin Mahogany and David "Fathead" Newman, all of whom have appeared on her recordings.[2] Vitro is an active performer, touring throughout the United States and abroad. She has been broadcast throughout the US, charting in the top 10 Jazz Radio. WBGO-FM (Newark, New Jersey) and on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz.[1] She has recorded fourteen critically acclaimed CDs and toured throughout the U.S. The Music of Randy Newman.[5] received 4 1/2 stars in Down Beat magazine and a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2012.

Vitro taught vocal jazz 2004-2009 at the State University of New York at Purchase and retired in 2017 as Vocal Jazz Chair at New Jersey City University1998-2017 and NJPAC New Jersey Performing Arts Center 1998-2013. She holds frequent workshops, concerts, and master classes around the world. She has studied classical voice, ear-training, classical Indian vocal technique, Portuguese language, piano, and jazz technique and concept.[2]

Discography

Except where indicated, all information is from The Encyclopedia of Popular Music at Oxford Music Online.[2]

  • Listen Here (Texas Rose Music, 1984)
  • A Quiet Place (Skyline, 1987)
  • Reaching for the Moon (Chase Music, 1991)
  • Softly (Concord Jazz, 1994)
  • Passion Dance (Telarc, 1996)
  • The Music of Ray Charles (Telarc, 1997)
  • Roseanna Vitro Sings the Songs of Steve Allen (Sea Breeze, 1999)[10][6]
  • Thoughts of Bill Evans (A Records, 2001)
  • Tropical Postcards (A Records, 2004)
  • Live at the Kennedy Center (Challenge, 2006)
  • Serve or Suffer (Half Note, 2008)
  • The Music of Randy Newman (Motéma, 2011)
  • Music of Clare Fischer (Random Act, 2014)[6]
  • Tell Me the Truth (Skyline, 2018)[7][6]

Awards and honors

  • 1998 – Inducted into Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame with Bob Dorough and John Stubblefield.[8]
  • 2004 – Selected U.S. Jazz Ambassador for The John F. Kennedy Center and The U.S. State Department,[9] and American Music Abroad featured artist in 2009 with her band JazzIAm.[10]
  • 2012 – Grammy nomination, Best Vocal Jazz Album for The Music of Randy Newman (Motéma, 2011)

References

1. ^Scott Fredrickson and Gary W. Kennedy. "Vitro (Wickliffe), Roseanna." In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed., edited by Barry Kernfeld. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. (accessed February 15, 2011).
2. ^"Vitro, Roseanna." In Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th ed., edited by Colin Larkin. Oxford Music Online. (accessed February 15, 2011).
3. ^Roseanna Vitro interprets Randy Newman's songbook
4. ^M. G. Nastos, "Riffs: Vitro Makes Major Label Debut," Downbeat Magazine, February 1994.
5. ^Andrew Gilbert. "Roseanna Vitro Interprets Randy Newman's Songbook." Berkeleyside. September 15, 2011.
6. ^{{cite web |title=Discography |url=https://roseannavitrojazz.squarespace.com/media-1/ |website=Roseanna Vitro |accessdate=21 August 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web |last1=Bailey |first1=C. Michael |title=Roseanna Vitro: Tell Me The Truth |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/tell-me-the-truth-roseanna-vitro-skyline-records-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php |website=All About Jazz |accessdate=21 August 2018 |date=20 August 2018}}
8. ^1998 Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame Inductees. Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation. Accessed February 15, 2011.
9. ^McNally, Owen. "Jazz Songstress Roseanna Vitro Returning To Japanalia Eiko". The Hartford Courant. October 28, 2013. Accessed February 7, 2014.
10. ^[https://archive.is/39pp The Rhythm Road 2009 Bands]. Jazz at Lincoln Center. Accessed February 7, 2014.
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