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Daniela D'Ercole

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Daniela D'Ercole

Birth
Andria, Provincia di Barletta - Andria - Trani, Puglia, Italy
Death
10 Nov 2011 (aged 31–32)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
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"Daniela D'Ercole, is a new bright light on the jazz vocal scene. She is blessed with a lovely sound, taste, feeling and fine musicianship. You will be hearing much more from this very special, talented, young lady, from Italy. Brava Daniela."
LEW TABACKIN
Singer. Her first cd: "The Peacocks" for YVP music was released last September. The quintet is consisting of the american saxophone player Jed Levy and Italian musicians: Ettore Carucci on piano, Giuseppe Bassi on bass, Marcello Nisi on drums and Luigi Giannatempo on strings arrangements.
This album was presented last autumn at "Trumpets" (New Jersey) and "Enzo's Room" (New York).
In the prestigious Italian jazz contest "International Massimo Urbani Contest 2008" she came in first in the "singers category" and won a scolarship. In the 2008 she graduated with distinction in "Jazz Music" at the Niccolò Piccini Conservatory (Bari), presenting a thesis entitled "Stan Getz –The Sound".
Daniela began singing when she was a child; at the age of seven, she sang at the RAI 2 television production of Piccoli Fans, under the direction of Sandra Milo. She started to practice and studied music from self-taught. When she was 24 years old she began her private studies at the "Pentagramma school" a musical preparatory program. She later studied at the Bari Conservatory, showing special interest in jazz.
She grow up performing in a gospel choir, musicals, big bands singing like a chorist for several pop vocalists from Italy and won some regional contests for young talent.
In 2006, her concert activities increased notably when she assembled her own quartet, playing throughout Italy at several festivals and theatres. In an interview, Mario Rosini, a well-known Italian pop artist, asserted that "[Daniela] is a splendid interpreter, one of the best testimonies of this genre."

She is accompanied by several italian musicians, among whom were Daniele Scannapieco, Mario Rosini, Giuseppe Bassi, Teo Ciavarella, Guido di Leone, Ettore Carucci, Mimmo Campanale, Nicola Andrioli, Giulio Martino, Mirko Signorile, Roberto Pistolesi, Enrico Granafei, Pierluigi Balducci, Vito Di Modugno; she has also played with Jed Levy, Jeff Brillinger, Misha Tsiganov, Mike Applebaum, Gordon Lane, Nicki Denner, Tim Reagusis
She regularly collaborates with the "Jazz Studio Orchestra" directed by Paolo Lepore in several shows: "Homage to Mina", "Homage to Ennio Morricone", "Homage to Lucio Battisti" and "Jazz Standards".
She shared the stage singing in duet with the jazz giant Bobby Durham.
In 2007 she taught in a music workshop at a pubblic school (Arts Istitute-Corato). In 2008 she was examiner in a vocal contest "Garofano d'oro" (Terlizzi).
She keeps on studing on many occasions in seminars and workshops. Most distinctively with Michele Hendricks, Sheila Jordan, Anne Ducros, Bob Mintzer, Norman Simmons, Franco Fussi.


Daniela D'Ercole was fatally struck by an SUV in the upper West Side on 10 November 2011 night.
Daniela D'Ercole was heading west across 106th St. and Broadway when she was hit by a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer traveling north just before midnight.The 32-year-old was taken to St. Luke's Hospital where she died.

Cause of death: hit by a car
"Daniela D'Ercole, is a new bright light on the jazz vocal scene. She is blessed with a lovely sound, taste, feeling and fine musicianship. You will be hearing much more from this very special, talented, young lady, from Italy. Brava Daniela."
LEW TABACKIN
Singer. Her first cd: "The Peacocks" for YVP music was released last September. The quintet is consisting of the american saxophone player Jed Levy and Italian musicians: Ettore Carucci on piano, Giuseppe Bassi on bass, Marcello Nisi on drums and Luigi Giannatempo on strings arrangements.
This album was presented last autumn at "Trumpets" (New Jersey) and "Enzo's Room" (New York).
In the prestigious Italian jazz contest "International Massimo Urbani Contest 2008" she came in first in the "singers category" and won a scolarship. In the 2008 she graduated with distinction in "Jazz Music" at the Niccolò Piccini Conservatory (Bari), presenting a thesis entitled "Stan Getz –The Sound".
Daniela began singing when she was a child; at the age of seven, she sang at the RAI 2 television production of Piccoli Fans, under the direction of Sandra Milo. She started to practice and studied music from self-taught. When she was 24 years old she began her private studies at the "Pentagramma school" a musical preparatory program. She later studied at the Bari Conservatory, showing special interest in jazz.
She grow up performing in a gospel choir, musicals, big bands singing like a chorist for several pop vocalists from Italy and won some regional contests for young talent.
In 2006, her concert activities increased notably when she assembled her own quartet, playing throughout Italy at several festivals and theatres. In an interview, Mario Rosini, a well-known Italian pop artist, asserted that "[Daniela] is a splendid interpreter, one of the best testimonies of this genre."

She is accompanied by several italian musicians, among whom were Daniele Scannapieco, Mario Rosini, Giuseppe Bassi, Teo Ciavarella, Guido di Leone, Ettore Carucci, Mimmo Campanale, Nicola Andrioli, Giulio Martino, Mirko Signorile, Roberto Pistolesi, Enrico Granafei, Pierluigi Balducci, Vito Di Modugno; she has also played with Jed Levy, Jeff Brillinger, Misha Tsiganov, Mike Applebaum, Gordon Lane, Nicki Denner, Tim Reagusis
She regularly collaborates with the "Jazz Studio Orchestra" directed by Paolo Lepore in several shows: "Homage to Mina", "Homage to Ennio Morricone", "Homage to Lucio Battisti" and "Jazz Standards".
She shared the stage singing in duet with the jazz giant Bobby Durham.
In 2007 she taught in a music workshop at a pubblic school (Arts Istitute-Corato). In 2008 she was examiner in a vocal contest "Garofano d'oro" (Terlizzi).
She keeps on studing on many occasions in seminars and workshops. Most distinctively with Michele Hendricks, Sheila Jordan, Anne Ducros, Bob Mintzer, Norman Simmons, Franco Fussi.


Daniela D'Ercole was fatally struck by an SUV in the upper West Side on 10 November 2011 night.
Daniela D'Ercole was heading west across 106th St. and Broadway when she was hit by a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer traveling north just before midnight.The 32-year-old was taken to St. Luke's Hospital where she died.

Cause of death: hit by a car

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