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GERARD CARELLI
Beautiful Dancer
GC Records GC001
- Will You Still Be Mine
- The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
- I Would Do Anything
- Why Try To Change Me Now
- The Summer Wind
- Lullaby in Rhythm
- Beautiful Dancer
- Bobby Darin Medley
Beyond the Sea
Artificial Flowers
Mack the Knife
- I’m Glad There is You
- Headin’ for the Hills
- Fly Me to the Moon
Come Fly with Me
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Gerard Carelli – Trombone & Vocals
Piano - Richie Lacona
Bass - Bill Conway
Drums – Tony Tedesco
Guitar – Ron Affif
Tenor & Clarinet – Bill Overton
Violin – Carol Pool, Mitchell Stern
& Katherine L Volsi-Stern
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GERARD CARELLI
Lucky To Be Me
GC Records GC002
- Old Devil Moon
- They Say it’s Wonderful
- New York, New York
- It Never Entered My Mind
- The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
- Lucky To Be Me
- Well Worth Waiting For
- So In Love
- Always
- I’ve Got the World On a String
- How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
- Once in Love with Amy
- Leader of a Big Time Band
- Some Other Time
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When you hear these two albums, you will say as I did
"Why haven’t I heard this guy before". Gerard Carelli is not
some young upstart; he is the complete article and worthy of star billing
anywhere. He is an alumnus of the North Texas University 1:00 Big Band.
He honed his trombone playing in Ray Charles’s Band for more than a
year before moving to New York and working in Orchestras for Broadway
Shows and playing other session work. He also worked in touring bands
with Rosemary Clooney, Vic Damone, Johnny Mathis and Mel Torme, before
launching his own singing career. As a Trombone player Gerard would
hold his own in any company, his playing has shades of Teagarden and
Dorsey as well as J J Johnson and Frank Rosolino. The tone is superb
and the improvisational ideas a joy to listen to.
As a singer Gerard has obviously learned from working
with and listening to the best, there is something of Sinatra’s timing,
Torme’s accuracy of pitching and many other influences. The result however
is a unique style of his own, easily identifiable and he is surely destined
to be as famous as Harry Connick JR, or any of the more recent entries
to the singer/interpreters of the great American songbook.
The two albums were made with a gap of seven years,
the earlier in 1994 and the Lucky To Be Me album this year. Both are
excellent, but the new album shows that Gerard is still developing both
as a trombone player and a singer. This gives me the feeling that like
the true ‘greats’ he will continue to develop throughout his career.
Each album includes a Carelli original and both stand
up well in such august company. The trombone playing on Surrey is very
exciting, as are the splendid trumpet improvisations of Rande Sandke.
In everything that he does Gerard Carelli delivers
a feeling of great warmth and sincerity, not only to the listener, but
also to the material he is performing.
I hope we are fortunate enough to have a UK tour soon,
I will be the first to buy tickets!
If you would like further information visit www.1800GCSINGS.com
Don Mather
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