2023

2023

I began this new season with concerts performing with the great Memphis guitarist Ted Ludwig. My voice feels great and sunshine and music are on the horizon. I’m re-releasing a classic from 1987 so the music Kenny Werner and I made in my early days in New York City will find its way to digital airplay!

Wishing everyone a beautiful summer as winter is almost gone from New York. I have many new projects planned!

ROSEANNA VIITRO JAZZ VOCALIST, EDUCATOR INTERVIEW

Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired

ROSEANNA VITRO'S INTERVIEW-through Friday- FEBRUARY 18TH!

 JUDY CARMICHAEL is one of the world's finest stride,/swing pianists, has toured the world over playing in concert halls and jazz clubs, all while presenting interviews with artists such as Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Veronica Swift, Herbie Hancock to name a few.  https://www.jazzinspired.com/ (March 8th & 9th, 2022 - Dizzy's NYC)
Sing a Song of Bird - Roseanna Vitro, Bob Dorough, Sheila Jordan, Marion Cowings

is featured through February 18th   Judy Carmichael's JAZZ INSPIRED Jazz & Interview Series on your local NPR JAZZ RADIO PROGRAMS. Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired

In 2021, Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist/producer was busy with a re-release of her first vinyl from 1985, Listen Here with the Kenny Barron Trio and supporter, Texas Tenor Arnett Cobb, followed by her latest, Sing a Song of Bird - the Music of Charlie Parker, bringing new lyrics to 6 bebop classics featuring mentors Bob Dorough (his last recording with his new lyric to Bluebird - Audubon's New Bluebird), Marion Cowings (Now's the Time, Parker's Mood), and Sheila Jordan (with her new lyric to Relaxin' at the Camarillo, Bird's Song

“…more than a dozen albums, earning jazz-world prominence with her dark-honey timbre and exuberantly versatile phrasing… She’s mined rich musical ore by diving in…”     Neil Tesser, Jazziz

“Vocalist Vitro really hits it out of the park here surrounded by her idols in a set that’s been gestating since 2017… all you can say is wow.  A really special set throughout that connects on every level.”   Chris Spector, Midwest Record

Listen Here  Listen Here -Roseanna Vitro  album R.Vitro, A.Cobb, K.Barron, B.Williams, B.Riley

 Video  Easy Street -Easy Street -R.Vitro 'live'

Soapboxgallery.org,  H.Person, S.Fortner, D.Johnson, A.Garnett

Sing a Song of Bird album  Sing a Song of Bird - Roseanna Vitro, Bob Dorough, Sheila Jordan, Marion Cowings

APRIL 10th- Concert; SOPAC, South Orange, NJ.

Happy New Year 2022

January 25th, 2022 has begun with hope for a better year. I made the most of 2021 by releasing two recordings with great success. The first was a re-release of “Listen Here” featuring Kenny Barron’s Trio with tenor sax great, Arnett Cobb. My second release “Sing a Song of Bird” featured fresh lyrics to Charlie Parker songs featuring mentors, “Bob Dorough, Sheila Jordan and Marion Cowings.” What a joy it was this September to finish the album which had begun in 2017 before the passing of the great composer/pianist Bob Dorough. The album reached #20 on the airplay charts and journalists around the world wrote about and played the album. I couldn’t be more grateful.

The past two years we have gone through three variants of Covid 19. At the moment, “Omicron” is working it’s way through the country and the world. New York was just beginning to roar again when this variant began last month. Broadway was opening up, clubs enjoying audiences, all New Yorkers are ready to perform and enjoy life with friends again. Onward to a new year of music, family and friends.

2021

Vocalist Roseanna Vitro–performer, recording artist, educator, and journalist–reissues, “Listen Here,” the debut album from 1984 that launched her career, with 14 releases to date. This project ushered into the spotlight a formidable new artist with chops and sensitivity in equal measure–a galvanizing spirit who, having already proven she could move live audiences, now certified her power on vinyl. Subsequent albums re-imagined the works of popular music’s greatest songwriters and stylists–among them Ray Charles, Bill Evans, Clare Fischer, and Randy Newman. It was through the latter’s artful song narratives that Vitro earned a Grammy nomination for “The Music of Randy Newman.” Regarding her inspiration to re-release her earliest recording, she says, “It was time to take stock of my life and look back at my career. Some of my earlier records were never transferred to a digital format, so they are no longer available. And many reviewers and DJs who have known me over the years have moved on. I think these early recordings stand the test of  time and I want to introduce them to a new generation of listeners.” She has two more albums in production, and a few more from her catalog to re-release in digital format, so the spectrum of her career is ever-expanding, reaching back with power and forward with continued inspiration and momentum.

Holly Cooper / MOUTHPIECE MUSIC
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holly@mouthpiecemusic.com www.mouthpiecemusic.com

Better Days Ahead: Operation Reboot Music

Covid has brought a new way of appreciating what we have and what we had. Survival and Peace of mind are the challenge for all of us in this pandemic. I begin this year with the re-release of my very first album, “Listen Here.” originally released in 1985 only on vinyl. Kenny Barron piano, Buster Williams bass, Ben Riley drums, Arnett Cobb tenor, Scott Hardy guitar, Duduka da Fonseca percussion, special guest pianist, Bliss Rodriguez “Centerpiece.” I’m grateful for all the great music I’ve sung and the best of the best musicians I’ve recorded and toured with. This album is where it all started. May 2021 bring the end to covid and renewed passion and love for our fellow man.

August 2020 - Settled into South Orange, NJ. Studio under construction!

MOVING! is huge after 35 years in our beloved Mt. Horeb house. This is an amazing structure where Paul Wickliffe, creator of Skyline Studios (36 West 37th St. NYC. now Reservoir Studios) earned gold records -for quality sound and engineer for a host of famous names, Eric Clapton, Maria Carey, Al Jarreau and too many more. Charlestown Road in Clinton, NJ. is still going and mixes on Mt. Horeb Rd. will continue through the move. Closing is September 7th, 2019.

Roseanna Vitro will take up teaching in South Orange, NJ. and online for the California Jazz Conservatory online classes mondays and thursdays at 3 pm. will a full space, grand piano, sound system, full recording studio and video capabilities. Plus- Paul and Roseanna will become grandparents in late November. Great life changes.

Our first project is re-releasing “Listen Here” on cd and streaming for the first time. This classic album was released in 1984 on Texas Rose Music featuring Kenny Barron’s Trio, Ben Riley, Buster Williams and Arnett Cobb on tenor saxophone, Bliss Rodriguez piano on Centerpiece, Scott Hardy guitar, Duduka Da Fonseca percussion. Fred Hersch wrote the arrangements. More news soon.

We are so grateful for the World Jazz Communities support and all our family and friends. Thank you for the Trust and love all these years in the business of Jazz!

Gratitude-Review 2018

As Christmas 2018 approaches, I sit in gratitude for my family, friends and all the new faces I met on the road this fall while on tour. I visited cities I’ve missed the past couple of years. This year was filled with emotions regarding my 92 year old mother, Ruby Mae. Ruby is an inspiration to everyone who’s encountered her grace, love of singing and joyous spirit. I’ve traveled several times this year to Dallas, Texas checking on family. I enjoyed gigs to promote: “Tell Me the Truth” at Stoney’s Wine Bar and The Jazz Kitchen, both venues owned and operated by true jazz fans. The promotion for our first Skyline-Records cd, my fourteenth release, “Tell Me the Truth” was a success in many ways. I felt I told the stories I needed to tell, traveled the road back to my roots, plus made a political statement that needed to be made. I loved the group, some of the baddest instrumentalists in the world today; Mark Soskin, my partner for three albums, piano and arranging, Tim Ries, phenomenal tenor saxophonist who’s recorded sporadically with me since 1993, Dean Johnson a highly in demand bassist and pal who’s played on several gigs and the past three albums, Mitch Stein guitarist who’s simply the rockin’est/ bad ass, improvising cat I know, Rudy Royston drums was the new voice in this group, truly an amazing musician, an addition to any group and Nathan Eklund on trumpet, a great teacher and band leader whom I taught with at NJCU for several years. This was a stellar jazz band capable of Coltrane through the Rolling Stones, the deepest blues, gospel and Patsy Cline, that’s not an easy find. I’m grateful and honored these musicians gave me their best at Birdland Theater in September for our cd release and made the trek to Scullers in Boston. Mark Soskin and I put together groups for Denver, Minneapolis and Los Angeles. I also touched down in Nashville, TN. connecting with Pat Coil, great pianist, teacher and old friend who hooked up a great band for my music at Rudy’s Jazz Club. A huge Thank you to all my friends and musicians, Jeff Levenson editing and connections, Elizabeth Tomboulian, dear friend and pro taking care of maddening details in our office, Lee Tomboulian - arrangements, ie. the title track “Tell Me the Truth” plus many transpositions, updated chart copies, study help - you name it..Sarah Wickliffe and Mark Stetson, Sarah’s the best daughter a mom could have and film director, editor of my first concept video: “Tell Me the Truth”, Chuck and Sara Fishbein, videographer team for our video promo EPK recorded “live” at WBGO Radio in Newark plus 5 performance videos, captured at Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair, NJ. Michael Bourne, dj Singers Unlimited at WBGO, interviews and airplay, John Abbott Photography, a girls best pal for photos, Adele Fass, make up and hair for all of my images in recent years, even at the Grammy’s in 2012. Mike Carlson Mcpro Radio promotions and Doreen D’Agostino Media publicist. Of course, none of this happens without my partner in life, Paul Wickliffe, III. husband, recording engineer, producer, lyricist, advisor and confidant. Thank you! On to 2019.

thank you DJ’s for your support of: Tell Me the Truth!

“The Golden Rule, with a groove...”– Michael Bourne, WBG0

“[Roseanna has] a propensity for eclecticism, drawing on a wide range of songs and sources from well beyond the jazz tradition.”– Will Friedwald, City View, New York

”Tell Me the Truth is additional evidence that Roseanna Vitro is in the top tier of contemporary jazz vocalists. – Joe Bebco, The Syncopated Times

“Vitro leverages [this album] to define her beliefs about America, past and present.” – Christopher Louden, JazzTimes

“… a culling of songs from the American South that resonate with her politics and Arkansas roots… sung with her customary combo of punch and restraint.” —Britt Robson, CityPages

ROSEANNA VITRO & SOUTHERN ROOTS BAND VIDEOS

1.    Your Mind is On Vacation- https://vimeo.com/261416707

2.    Walkin’ After Midnight - https://vimeo.com/261056307

3.    Tell Me the Truth - https://vimeo.com/261243019

4.    When Will I Be Loved? - https://vimeo.com/261656980

5.    On Your Way Down - https://vimeo.com/261736672

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