Vocalist Barbara Fasano ("Exhilarating ... a lyrically sensitive interpreter" - The New York Times) grew up in a spirited Italian Catholic household – excellent preparation for a life in show business! From early childhood, music & stories were a way of life. Her mother made the Sunday lasagna while listening to Italian American singers like Jerry Vale. Her father listened to Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald & Bing Crosby, teaching Barbara his favorite songs. As a teenager she played the guitar, memorizing tunes by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell & other singer-songwriters. Combine all this with her grandparents’ stories of Neapolitan singers & vaudeville & you see how her musical identity was forged. She earned her degree in theatre & worked as an actress before finding herself in a nightclub in LA & beginning her career as a pop/jazz vocalist. Within her eclectic choices, what remains consistent is her ability to invest a lyric with deep emotional truth, creating virtual one-act plays out of each song. "Fasano is a gorgeous, soulful singer who has an actor's intensity in whatever she sings,” raves The New York Post. A native New Yorker & Resident Artist at Birdland Jazz Club, her performances take her around the country & Europe, often with frequent musical partner Eric Comstock. Her CDs WRITTEN IN THE STARS and BUSY BEING FREE, co-produced with John di Martino, received MAC awards for Record of the Year. Barbara's CD PAINTING THE TOWN drops in 2024. barbarafasano.com