Gabrielle Stravelli at Birdland

VOCALIST AND SONGWRITER GABRIELLE STRAVELLI BLENDS MUSICAL TRADITIONS WITH A MODERN, GENRE-BENDING SENSIBILITY. THE RHYTHMIC SWING OF JAZZ FRAMES HER ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS WHILE AS AN ACTOR AND STORYTELLER SHE REINTERPRETS THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK AS WELL AS WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AS VARIED AS WILLIE NELSON, CHICK COREA AND JOHN FOGERTY. UNEXPECTED, HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL CHOICES ARE HER TRADEMARK.HIGHLIGHTS OF 2023 INCLUDE HEADLINING THE 2023 CAYMAN ARTS FESTIVAL ON GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND AND THE 2023 DELAWARE WATER GAP COTA JAZZ FESTIVAL. IN MAY SHE HEADLINED THE 92YS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LYRICS & LYRICISTS SERIES ALONGSIDE BILLY STRITCH AND TOURED CHILE PERFORMING IN CONCERT HALLS & JAZZ CLUBS...

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VOCALIST AND SONGWRITER GABRIELLE STRAVELLI BLENDS MUSICAL TRADITIONS WITH A MODERN, GENRE-BENDING SENSIBILITY. THE RHYTHMIC SWING OF JAZZ FRAMES HER ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS WHILE AS AN ACTOR AND STORYTELLER SHE REINTERPRETS THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK AS WELL AS WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AS VARIED AS WILLIE NELSON, CHICK COREA AND JOHN FOGERTY. UNEXPECTED, HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL CHOICES ARE HER TRADEMARK.HIGHLIGHTS OF 2023 INCLUDE HEADLINING THE 2023 CAYMAN ARTS FESTIVAL ON GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND AND THE 2023 DELAWARE WATER GAP COTA JAZZ FESTIVAL. IN MAY SHE HEADLINED THE 92YS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LYRICS & LYRICISTS SERIES ALONGSIDE BILLY STRITCH AND TOURED CHILE PERFORMING IN CONCERT HALLS & JAZZ CLUBS. THIS SEPTEMBER SHE HELD A MONTH-LONG RESIDENCY AT BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB.IN THE FALL OF 2022 SHE APPEARED ALONGSIDE WORLD-RENOWNED JAZZ PIANIST FRED HERSCH IN HIS NEWEST ONLINE MASTERCLASS FOR OPEN STUDIO JUST FRIENDS: THE ART OF THE DUO. SHE HELD A WEEKLY RESIDENCY AT BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB IN JUNE S MAIN ROOM WITH THE NEW YORK DEBUT OF MEL , HER NEW SHOW WITH PIANIST/SINGER BILLY STRITCH, AND OVER THE WEEKEND OF OCTOBER 21-23, 2022 SHE SOLD OUT SIX HEADLINING SETS IN THE BIRDLAND THEATER WITH HER OWN QUINTET.SHE HAS TOURED THE UNITED STATES WITH WYNTON MARSALIS AND THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA PERFORMING HIS MASTERWORK ABYSSINIAN: A GOSPEL CELEBRATION. SHE FIRST WORKED WITH FRED HERSCH IN 2013, PREMIERING HIS SONG CYCLE, ROOMS OF LIGHT, AT MONTCLAIR UNIVERSITY PAC.SINCE 2015 SHE HAS TOURED INTERNATIONALLY WITH THE AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD (AMA) PROGRAM, PERFORMING AND TEACHING THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND EASTERN EUROPE. IN 2019, GABRIELLE AND HER QUINTET HEADLINED THE PROVIDENCIA JAZZ FESTIVAL IN SANTIAGO, CHILE, THE LAS CONDES JAZZ FESTIVAL AND THE 10TH ANNUAL SEMANA INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ EN LA PATAGONIA. SHE HEADLINED THE 2021 AND 2018 JAZZ ON THE MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL AT THE MOHONK MOUNTAIN HOUSE IN NEW PALTZ, NY AND HAS APPEARED AT THE 2019 KOTA KINABALU MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL IN MALAYSIA, THE 2016 ELEUTHERA ALL THAT JAZZ FESTIVAL IN THE BAHAMAS, THE 2013 MAREE SONORE FESTIVAL IN VENICE AND THE 2013 KASTAV CULTURAL IN CROATIA.

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