CAMERA SOUL is a powerful jazz-funk ensemble, produced by Mr. Marco Rossi of Azzurra Music (Verona, Italy) and released and marketed in the Americas by Kathryn Ballard Shut of TIMKAT Entertainment (Denver, Colorado). Inspired by legendary horn line, soul, R&B, and jazz-fusion artists such as Earth, Wind and Fire, The Commodores, Tower of Power, and Stevie Wonder, as well as neo-soul grooves by Incognito, Erykah Badu, and Jamiroquai, the group is based out of southern Italy (Bari), and led by veteran composer-arranger brothers Piero and Pippo Lombardo.
Camera Soul’s distinctive sound is further defined by the sweet and soulful voice of lead vocalist Maria Enrica Lotesoriere (Dress Code – 2015, Connections – 2017, Existence – 2019, and Esagerato, 2021) and formerly by Serena Brancale on the group’s first two albums (Words Don’t Speak - 2011 and Not For Ordinary People – 2013).
The group features a world-class lineup of studio and live performance musicians, including Pippo Lombardo (piano), Beppe Sequestro (bass), Alex Millella (2019-present), Antonio Tosques (lead guitar, 2015-2017), Francesco Palmitessa (lead guitar, 2011-2013), Gianluca Cardellichio (rhythm guitar, 2011-2014), Liviana Ferri (percussion), Fabio Delle Foglie (drums, 2014-present), Mimmo Campanale (drums, 2011-2013), Daniele Scannapieco and Bruno Tassone (tenor sax), Gianfranco Campagnoli and Alberto Di Leone (trumpet), and Piero Dotti and Elio Arcieri (background vocals).
Camera Soul has released six studio albums, coincidentally all on odd-numbered years: Words Don’t Speak (2011), Not For Ordinary People (2013), Dress Code (2015), Connections (2017), Existence (2019), and now, Esagerato (2021). Each album delivers powerful Jazz-Funk, Neo-Soul, Nu Disco, Progressive Jazz, infectious dance grooves, and a mixture of soulful genres that have earned the group international critical acclaim, as well as worldwide distribution in Europe, America, and Japan.
The Brothers routinely collaborate with other talented songwriters and lyricists worldwide. On Esagerato, the Lombardos collaborated for a fifth time in 9 years on lyrics with American composer-author, Kathryn Ballard Shut and continuously with lead vocalist Maria Enrica Lotesoriere as author on most tracks.
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