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Roberta Gambarini
Jazz Singer
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- Born in Torino, Italy, started taking clarinet lessons at age twelve.
- Singing debut at age seventeen in jazz clubs around Northern Italy.
- A year later she moved to Milan where she got national recognition.
- Gambarini moved to the United States in 1998.
- That same year, along with Jane Monheit and Tierney Sutton, she was a semi-finalist at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Vocal Competition, finishing in third place and losing to Teri Thornton.
- Since then, Gambarini performed with many major jazz artist such as Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride, and Toots Thielemans, touring worldwide.
- In 2004, she started touring with the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band, performing with James Moody, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Paquito de Rivera, Roy Hargrove and others.
- Early in 2008 Gambarini released a CD You Are There, a collaboration with Hank Jones on piano.
