The multi-talented artist Tamela D'Amico has been gaining a great deal of attention as a formidable song stylist and highly appealing jazz singer. She will be performing fresh arrangements of standards from her CD Got A Little Story, her new single “Down With Love," and originals co-written with singer/songwriter Billy Vera at Cafe Was on Vine Street starting at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday April 17 with her septet.
The No Cover Charge show, which is titled Jazz Ain't Dead, reinforces the timelessness and relevance of jazz both in Ms. D'Amico's interpretations of classic jazz standards and her songwriting abilities. “I plan to perform some new versions of standards plus some recent songs that I wrote with Billy Vera, including one titled 'Jazz Ain't Dead.' Club owner Ivan Kane has put together Cafe Was as a theater in the round showcase club. It has a friendly yet gorgeous environment for music and has extremely good food. This is the first time that I've ever sung a no cover show and I greatly look forward to interacting with new faces in the audience."
The singer will be joined by a top-notch septet of young talents. Musical director and trumpeter Kyle Newmaster, who has scored all of Tamela's movies, organized a group also including pianist Andy Langham, guitarist Andrew Synowiec, bassist Eric Sittner, drummer Dan Schnelle, trombonist Ulf Bjorlin and saxophonist Tom Luer. Their superior musicianship and familiarity with Tamela's material are inspiring and they will keep the music swinging.
Tamela D'Amico has accomplished a great deal in her young life thus far. She remembers growing up hearing the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Patti Page and Pavarotti, and loving Judy Garland movies. “My parents were shocked that at five years old I knew all of the swing songs. Watching so many older musicals and TV shows made me want to work in films." An admirer of director Frank Capra, Tamela became involved in many aspects of the entertainment world starting in high school, working on a school television program, on radio and in journalism. She attended the Film and Theatre School at Florida State University where she earned a BFA and then moved to Los Angeles to work with many notable Studio executives while continuing her acting and music studies.
Since moving to Los Angeles, her life has been a whirlwind of creative activity. Developing simultaneous careers as a singer, actress and director, Tamela formed her own production company, La Strega Entertainment, in 2006. Among her accomplishments have been writing, producing and directing the short film Volare which led to her being chosen by Steven Spielberg as one of the 24 finalists for the Fox series On The Lot, singing and starring in several films, producing and directing the television pilot Sex Ed: The Series which has been picked up as a web series, producing and directing a new web comedy series soon to air on Comedy Central/Atom TV entitled Pacino & Pacino, and starring in the indie thriller now making the festival rounds entitled On A Dark And Stormy Night. And this is only the start for her.
Tamela's debut CD Got A Little Story executive produced by television star Peter Krause (Parenthood, Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy Money) and produced and engineered by Grammy winner Jimmy Hoyson went into worldwide release in 2010 through LML records. “My concept for the album was to initially perform jazz standards that were either not recorded very often or were usually recorded by men and arrange them in a manner that made them swing in an exciting way to gain new jazz lovers. I also wanted the music to cover a wide range of genres within the “Jazz" genre you would find at your local music retailer including vocal music, swing, big band, easy-listening, and bossa nova. I am very blessed to have teamed up with arranger Chris Walden who makes the album sound exactly as I had imagined it in my head." Among the highlights are her personal version of “One For My Baby" and a transformation of the Beatles' “And I Loved Her" into the Billie Holiday-inspired “And I Loved Him."
“I love standards," says Tamela. “You can't beat the melodies and the lyrics, they are such fun, and I can sing these songs from now until the age of 85." At Ivan Kane's Cafe Was (1521 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90028, 323-466-5400, [email protected]) Tamela D'Amico and her Septet will be putting on an entertaining show on Sunday April 17 starting from 7:30 - 11:30 p.m.
The No Cover Charge show, which is titled Jazz Ain't Dead, reinforces the timelessness and relevance of jazz both in Ms. D'Amico's interpretations of classic jazz standards and her songwriting abilities. “I plan to perform some new versions of standards plus some recent songs that I wrote with Billy Vera, including one titled 'Jazz Ain't Dead.' Club owner Ivan Kane has put together Cafe Was as a theater in the round showcase club. It has a friendly yet gorgeous environment for music and has extremely good food. This is the first time that I've ever sung a no cover show and I greatly look forward to interacting with new faces in the audience."
The singer will be joined by a top-notch septet of young talents. Musical director and trumpeter Kyle Newmaster, who has scored all of Tamela's movies, organized a group also including pianist Andy Langham, guitarist Andrew Synowiec, bassist Eric Sittner, drummer Dan Schnelle, trombonist Ulf Bjorlin and saxophonist Tom Luer. Their superior musicianship and familiarity with Tamela's material are inspiring and they will keep the music swinging.
Tamela D'Amico has accomplished a great deal in her young life thus far. She remembers growing up hearing the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Patti Page and Pavarotti, and loving Judy Garland movies. “My parents were shocked that at five years old I knew all of the swing songs. Watching so many older musicals and TV shows made me want to work in films." An admirer of director Frank Capra, Tamela became involved in many aspects of the entertainment world starting in high school, working on a school television program, on radio and in journalism. She attended the Film and Theatre School at Florida State University where she earned a BFA and then moved to Los Angeles to work with many notable Studio executives while continuing her acting and music studies.
Since moving to Los Angeles, her life has been a whirlwind of creative activity. Developing simultaneous careers as a singer, actress and director, Tamela formed her own production company, La Strega Entertainment, in 2006. Among her accomplishments have been writing, producing and directing the short film Volare which led to her being chosen by Steven Spielberg as one of the 24 finalists for the Fox series On The Lot, singing and starring in several films, producing and directing the television pilot Sex Ed: The Series which has been picked up as a web series, producing and directing a new web comedy series soon to air on Comedy Central/Atom TV entitled Pacino & Pacino, and starring in the indie thriller now making the festival rounds entitled On A Dark And Stormy Night. And this is only the start for her.
Tamela's debut CD Got A Little Story executive produced by television star Peter Krause (Parenthood, Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy Money) and produced and engineered by Grammy winner Jimmy Hoyson went into worldwide release in 2010 through LML records. “My concept for the album was to initially perform jazz standards that were either not recorded very often or were usually recorded by men and arrange them in a manner that made them swing in an exciting way to gain new jazz lovers. I also wanted the music to cover a wide range of genres within the “Jazz" genre you would find at your local music retailer including vocal music, swing, big band, easy-listening, and bossa nova. I am very blessed to have teamed up with arranger Chris Walden who makes the album sound exactly as I had imagined it in my head." Among the highlights are her personal version of “One For My Baby" and a transformation of the Beatles' “And I Loved Her" into the Billie Holiday-inspired “And I Loved Him."
“I love standards," says Tamela. “You can't beat the melodies and the lyrics, they are such fun, and I can sing these songs from now until the age of 85." At Ivan Kane's Cafe Was (1521 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90028, 323-466-5400, [email protected]) Tamela D'Amico and her Septet will be putting on an entertaining show on Sunday April 17 starting from 7:30 - 11:30 p.m.
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