Michela Lombardi

Michela Lombardi is among the top ten Jazz Vocalists in Italy according to the “Jazzit Awards 2011”, and for many years she is mentioned in the “Best Voice” section of the Italian magazine “Musica Jazz” Top Jazz polls.

She receives three nominations at the Italian Jazz Awards. Michela has a varied background of musical experiences (both as a vocalist and as a lyricist in English) between Italy and the United States. Her approach to singing is based on sober, semi-refined jazz vocals, with a distinctive expressiveness capable of bluesy and soulful shades with a flowing scat. Since 1999 she records over fifteen records, two of them with the Renato Sellani trio and two with legendary saxophonist Phil Woods, both as a singer and lyricist for Woods’ compositions (“Michela Lombardi & Phil Woods Sing & Play The Phil Woods Songbook” vol.1 & vol.2, Philology, 2010). Her album “Live To Tell” (released by American label Dot Time Records in 2017) is recorded together with the Riccardo Fassi Trio and features a full set of re-imagined music first recorded by pop icon Madonna, featuring special guests Steven Bernstein and Don Byron. Her latest work, “Shape Of My Heart – The Music Of Sting” (Atlantis/Saifam, 2019) is recorded with Piero Frassi, Gabriele Evangelista and Bernardo Guerra. She signs a song together with Burt Bacharach (“Un Domani Per Noi Due”, the official Italian version of “How The Heart Knows”). She has been teaching vocal jazz in many Italian conservatories, and performing in important venues such as Tel Aviv Opera House, Duc Des Lombards (Paris), The Music Village (Bruxelles), Jazzahead (Bremen).