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 Sal Cracchiolo & Melanie Jackson's Profile |
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Jazz-Latin with a fiery horn & sensuous vocals |
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| Location: | NORWALK, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Oct 25, 2007 (799 days back) |
About Me |
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| Sal Cracchiolo, trumpeter of Grammy Award Winning Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band has teamed up with singer, Melanie Jackson to incorporate a wonderful blend of jazz standards and originals done with a Latin touch.
Their CD "FLY", available at amazon.com and CDbaby.com, features well-known studio legend, Gary Foster on alto sax, Poncho Sanchez, on three cuts and a host of fantastic rhythm players such as Jose Papo Rodriguez on percussion, Joe Rotondi and Jim Szilagyi on piano, Rene Camacho and Putter Smith on bass, and Kendall Kay on drums. Larold Rebhun, sound engineer for the X-files and the Ghost Whisperer, also helped Sal and Melanie to produce this project.Sal and Melanie came together because of their love of jazz, Latin jazz, and Brazilian music. This music has been carefully chosen and crafted to create moods of love, laughter and fun - all served up just for jazz lovers. This CD was nominated for a Latin Grammy, under the Latin Jazz category in 2002.Sal has performed on numerous albums with the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, jazz legend Bobby Shew, Brian Setzers Big Band, and many albums with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra backing Diana Krall, John Pizzarelli, Gladys Knight, Joss Stone, Jamiriquoi, and others. He has also toured worldwide with Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Poncho Sanchez, Brian Setzer, and Tom Jones . He has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Cal Tjader, Stanley Turentine, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Arturo Sandoval, Eddie Harris, and Celia Cruz. He has performed for and with these artists at the Monterey, Playboy, Concord, and Nice Jazz Festivals plus many others throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, Mexico, South America and Japan. IMelanie was rated L.A.s fourth best local jazz act by Music Connection magazine in 1979. In 1980 she moved to New York and sang with various big bands, performing at The Cookery and Micheals Pub. Later she moved back to L.A. and headed for the studio, recording commercials and network promos NBC, Disney, CBS, Fox, Playboy and Warner Bros. She has toured as a background vocalist throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, South America and Japan, working with such acts as REO Speedwagon, Latin artist Jose Luis Rodriguez on CBS International, and Leonard Cohen.Sal and Melanie and performed for The King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II. They have played for the Playboy Jazz Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and have traveled as far as Tahiti to share there music.
In January 2006, Sal and Melanie flew to Bangkok, Thailand to perform for the American School of Bangkok in a tribute to the King of Thailand and to raise money for the tsunami victims.
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Music:Member Since: 11/10/2005Band Website: samelmusic.com Band Members: View Our Guestbook We have been so lucky to perform with some of the finest musicians in the world. Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Otmaro Ruiz, Justo Almario, Joe Rotondi, Rene Camacho, Ramon Banda, Putter Smith, Jim Szlyagi, Jose "Papo" Rodriguez, Gary Foster, Wayne Bergeron, Andy Martin, Scott Martin, Stan Martin, Kendall Kay, Charlie Otwell, Llew Matthews, Alex Acuña, Aaron Serfaty, Joey DeLeon, Bijon Watson, Pablo Calagero, Gilbert Castellanos, Ricky Woodard, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, and more.....Watch our slide show and you'll see! Influences: .. Join the Mailing List Enter your name and email address below: Name: Email: Subscribe Unsubscribe Get your Free Mailing List by Bravenet.comDizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Tom Harrell, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, and more... Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Jon Hendricks, Chaka Khan, Patti Austin, Carmen McRae and more..... Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Dori Caymmi, Toots Thielmans, James Taylor, Louis Armstrong, Woody Shaw, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Charlie Parker, McCoy Tyner and more. Sounds Like: Latin Beat Magazine "...Although most of the repertoire of standards and originals falls within the clave-based Cuban branch of what is known today as Latin Jazz, Cracchiolo and Jackson also prove to be equally fluent in the aforesaid genre's Brazilian field, as well as in straight-ahead idiom. Salvatore is able to move and change musical shape, without separating under pressure, ideally complementing the robust alto range of the other half of Norwalk, California's best kept musical secret, Melanie Jackson"------------------------------------------A review by Luis Tamargo, Latin Beat MagazineLA Jazz Scene "Two highly gifted musicians, both are blessed with a superb sense of rhythm, and the ability to drench melody in emotion. Jackson possesses a strong and elastic four-octave range. Cracchiolo is a prolific trumpeter. Jackson is a creative improviser who sings jazz with an R&B tinge, and has mambo, samba, chacha, and son in her bones. Cracchiolo has always stood out for his swinging, passionate delivery in trumpet or flugelhorn. They are joined by some of the most talented musicians in town. Cracchiolo and Jackson make an explosive team. He composes and arranges. She writes lyrics. He plays harmonies to her vocals, or they play lines together, in unison or harmony. Then they take turns to solo. Between songs, they're affectionate and humorous, at times, hilarious."---------------------------------------------A review by Patricia Albela, L.A. Jazz Scene"Dynamite, Exciting, Gorgeous, Classy, Soulful... some nice adjectives indeed. Those are the ones that come to mind when I listen to this debut new recording from Sal Cracchiolo & Melanie Jackson. When I first heard this CD I was listening to Jazz on the Latin Side with Jose Rizo on KKJZ. I stopped what I was a doing at the time and said 'Man oh man who is that??'Melanie Jackson is the proud owner of a gorgeous singing voice. I mean when I heard her sing my mouth dropped. Her voice has such a rich sound, you need to hear it for your self and you will see what I mean.All I can say is thank you Melanie and Sal. Thank you for your talents and for creating such a magical debut recording for all of us to enjoy."Fly" is right on!--------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------A review by Erik Chico Manqueros, Host & Producer for The Latin Style of Jazz radio show & Contributing writer Latin Style Magazine and LatinJazzclub.com------------------------------------------- -View Our Guestbook Record Label: samel music Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / Latin / Blues) |
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Check out this event: Jazz Trio with Sal Cracchiolo, Ron Escete, & Melan |
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| Hosted By: Sal Cracchiolo, Ron Escete, & Melanie Jackson When: Friday Oct 12, 2007 at 7:30 PMWhere: Jason's Downtown Restaurant and Wine Cellar416 W. 4th StreetSanta Ana, CA 92701United StatesDescript... Posted by Sal Cracchiolo & Melanie Jackson on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:33:00 PST |
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Sorry we’ve been out of touch! |
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| We hope that you are all well and happy. Sal is playing with Chris Walden's Big Band, August 27th in Santa Barbara (tonight) and tomorrow with great pianist, Clair Fischer.Melanie has started teaching... Posted by Sal Cracchiolo & Melanie Jackson on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:11:00 PST |
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Sal Cracchiolo, Joe Rotondi, Melanie Jackson @ The Four Olives Cafe THIS THURSDAY |
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| Please join us for a night of intimate jazzTHIS THURSDAY, July 12th from 7 to 10 pmSal Cracchiolo - trumpetJoe Rotondi - pianoMelanie Jackson - vocalsatThe Four Olives Cafe4276 Atlantic Ave. (in Bixby... Posted by Sal Cracchiolo & Melanie Jackson on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:36:00 PST |
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They like us in Italy!!! |
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| Well, Pietro at Vinilemania.com (a Latin-jazz webradio station from Parma, Italy) has a wonderful webpage dedicated to our CD, "Fly". Not only has he posted a new bio of us, but has also included our... Posted by Sal Cracchiolo & Melanie Jackson on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:39:00 PST |
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Performing for His Majesty, The King of Thailand |
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| We are flying to Bangkok, Thailand, for 9 days, to perform under the heading of "The Jazz Giants" to play for His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand who is an accomplished musician, writer an... Posted by Sal Cracchiolo & Melanie Jackson on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:13:00 PST |
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Great Latin Jazz! Sal Cracchiolo Sextet featuring Justo Almario |
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| Sal Cracchiolo & Melanie Jackson Latin Jazz Group featuring Justo Almario One of the most powerful and versatile trumpeters in the world Latin jazz scene, the trumpeter for Grammy Award winning Poncho... Posted by Sal Cracchiolo & Melanie Jackson on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:06:00 PST |
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