Lou Armagno, Sinatra Selects - Never Before (2015)

Tracklist

01. When Did You Leave Heaven
02. I Remember You
03. Speak Low (feat. Ginai)
04. The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing (feat. Ginai)
05. Cute
06. My Favorite Things (feat. Ginai)
07. So Nice (feat. Ginai)
08. Girl Talk
09. So Many Stars (feat. Ginai)
10. Close Enough for Love
11. Love Dance
12. Words Get in the Way (feat. Ginai)
13. Colors of the Wind (feat. Ginai)

Lou Armagno grew up in the 50's and 60's in Cleveland, Ohio. As you might imagine, with grandparents from Bari and Naples Italy he listened to the standards of that era sung by legends, such as: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, Lena Horn, Louie Prima, Sammy Davis Jr., and Nancy Wilson to name a few. He left Cleveland in 1971 and after 40 years of travel with the U.S. Air Force, finally landed in Honolulu Hawaii from 1997 to 2013. It was there that he first started singing with various groups, where a new career got its "kick start" through persistent encouragement from international recording artist “Ginai”. She gave him his first opportunity to sing on stage and mentored him along the next few years. Lou sang with various groups in Honolulu, including The Paradise Dreamers, The Crooners, and later as a freelance, taking the stage whenever he could to include: Aloha Stadium, The Princess Kaiulani Hotel, Iolani Palace, Hale Koa Hotel, The Dragon Upstairs, Jazz Minds, Art Café, Indigo’s Green Room, and Gordon Biersch Brewery. Then on Valentine’s day 2013 at the Dragon Upstairs in Chinatown, Honolulu HI, Lou and a date were attending a show by visiting New York artist, trumpeter Valery Ponomarev. Mr. Ponomarev toured and recorded for four years with Art Blakely &The Jazz Messengers, and that night he asked “is there a singer in the house?” Lou took the stage and it turned out to be a great evening for all! In the audience were Stanton and Nora Haugen of The Stanton Haugen Jazz Band, Honolulu Hawaii. They invited Lou to sing with them, and the end result was the release of Lou’s first Album—“FLYIN’ HIGH”— a tribute to the music and songs of Francis Albert Sinatra. Lou now resides in Cleveland Ohio and is a freelance singing the standards of American music in the style of Sinatra with his quintet Sinatra Selects.

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