Sandra Cartolari - Twolips (1999/2007)

She was born in Buelach (Switzerland) in 1965, since then she\'s been singing (professionally since 1988) and lately also composing. Her father “Camillo Santamaria” has been playing, since he was a kid himself, accordeon, flute, sax alto and tenor, all over Europe and he still writes music, along with his daughter. Her grand father was a Hungarian well known “Helden” bariton (Kammer Sänger der Wiener Staadt Oper) , born in Szeged and dead under tragical circumstances while performing Wagner ‘s “The Flying Dutchman”, at the Opera of Zürich. His name, Endre Böhm (1901-1952), is inscribed on the Warnai Peter opera lexicon. Some of the beautiful people she has personally learned from: Sheila Jordan, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Nat Adderley, Benny Golson, Reverend Lee Brown; Hèctor Ulises Passarella and well, if you wanna know all of them, please, go to her website and read the whole list: o) Some of the nice words they wrote about her: Patrick Arena from Southern Voice:
Full of light, the italian Cartolari caresses jazz, improv, blues and swing with the aplomb of a seasoned artist. Her voice is welcoming and generous.

With a musical attitude that transmits vocal joy, she weaves her happy way through standards and originals. Twolips as a whole sounds bright and spontaneous and makes you want to hear her work in a live performance. Frank Rubolino from Cadence: Cartolari is a sultry, multi-lingual vocalist who sings to the accompaniment of a strong piano/trumpet/bass Jazz trio on. In any language, she comes across as a congenial artist who fits that elusive definition for a jazz singer. They all come together in a very pleasing excursion of familiar and new songs that showcase Cartolari as a fine vocal talent. It is nicely done...