Lara & The Gumbo Lickers - Keep Cool

Styles : Jazz, Gospel

Released : 2008

01 - I Am The Half

02 - Sweet Vanessa

03 - Keep Cool

04 - You Can Leave Your Spurs On

05 - A Stork Lies In The Sky

06 - The Damned Truth

07 - The Secret

08 - The Tears I Cried

09 - Agua De Beber

10 - Keep Cool (Reprise Version)

 Since 1987, Lara Luppi has performed live in clubs, theaters, festivals, and has lent his voice and personality to many musical projects, each of which has been and is characterized by great freedom: freedom to inspire more kinds of music, freedom in communication between risking their combinations dictated by the desire to personalize, surprise, communicate emotions, freedom INSTRUMENTS uniting ancient to electronic sounds, freedom, in short, to improvise and experiment. It is no coincidence that his most significant project to bear the name of "The Hunting Party, a formation in progress, which deals with songs and music, original od'autore, with arrangements and contributions are always new tools such as the cello, percussion, chromatic harmonica, oboe in addition to the classic piano, bass and drums.

 On the way to Lara there are impromptu collaborations that give rise to interesting results though: in 1997, at the conclusion of a session with American jazz musicians Bobby Durham, Walter Booker and Charles Bowen, releases its first CD: "From noon to four dedicated passion for the "standards" Americans.

Another essential experience is participation in the gospel choir was founded by American Reverend Lee Brown. With this training, called "Rev.Lee Brown Family and The Freedom Choir, has been collaborating since 1995, has recorded four CDs and regularly participates in concerts in Italy and abroad. A passion for the swing first way has brought Lara to become in 2000 the entry from swing and jive band "Jumpin'Shoes" to work with the band dixieland Lino Patruno and be the voice of "Midnight Blue Orchestra", the last born in time.

 Some projects that have hosted the Festival of Lara Luppi: JVC festival Torino. "; Jazz'n'it" Vignola 2001/2002/2003 editions; Staggering in jazz EJN; Musincanto editions 2002/2003/2004/2005, Torino; Albinea Jazz Festival 2006, Ivrea Jazz Festival, Jazz and Image Celimontana Villa, Rome, Ferrara In Jazz Jazz at the Tower Club, New Orleans Jazz Heritage, Ferrara, Bolzano Jazz and Music Festival 2005/2006; Bologna Jazz Festival at the Cantina Bentivoglio, Bologna, 2007; Rapperswil Blues and Jazz Festival.

*Original CD from sussex