Biography
2009 MAC AWARD WINNER ~ Outstanding Female Vocalist (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs ~ NYC)
2008 MAC AWARD WINNER ~ Outstanding CD/Recording (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs ~ NYC) for "Drunk With Love:A Tribute To Frances Faye!" recorded live at The Metropolitan Room, NYC in October, 2006.
2007 BISTRO AWARD WINNER ~ Back Stage Magazine, NYC
2008 MAC AWARD NOMINEE ~ Outstanding Female Vocalist
TOP TEN BEST LIST of 2007 and 2006 ~ Time Out New York Magazine (in the company of jazz great, PAULA WEST, and the legendary EARTHA KITT and JACK JONES!)
2006 MAC AWARD NOMINEE ~ Outstanding Female Debut Vocalist
SAN FRANCISCO's reigning "ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR" five years running and 2003 Best Debut Vocalist in the San Francisco Bay Area Cabaret Competition.
TERESE GENECCO is best known for her acclaimed tribute to nightclub entertainer Frances Faye, “Drunk With Love,” that has been charming audiences and critics alike nationwide since its San Francisco and subsequent New York debut in 2005. Among many accolades, this production earned her a place on Time Out New York Magazine’s Top Ten list in 2006 and a Bistro Award from Back Stage Magazine in 2007. The live CD ”Drunk With Love:A Tribute To Frances Faye” was awarded the MAC Award for Best Recording in 2008 (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) and appeared on several Top Ten CD lists, including Talkin’Broadway and Cabaret Hotline Online.
Terese next turned her passion for musical theater and film history toward the Broadway and Hollywood career of composer Arthur Schwartz. She debuted “Alone Together” at New York’s Metropolitan Room with musical collaborators, Barry Lloyd and Mike Greensill. This production subsequently played a two-week engagement at The Plush Room in San Francisco, while “Drunk With Love” continued to be booked for additional performances in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
In the Winter of 2006, Terese appeared at The Annenberg Theater in Palm Springs in a Musical Chairs production of “The Night And The Music,” starring cabaret luminaries Julie Wilson and Steve Ross. Terese garnered an award for Outstanding Supporting Female Singer in a Cabaret/Concert Series from the Desert Theatre League for her performances there. In the Summer of 2007, Terese was cast in the Esses Productions creation of “Judy Judy Judy,” celebrating the songs most closely associated with the legendary Judy Garland.
Terese’s many concert appearances include The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s annual Cabaret Convention at Jazz @ Lincoln Center in New York City; The Richmond Ermet AIDS Foundation’s “Help Is On The Way” concerts at The Palace of Fine Arts and the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco; and the Brownville Concert Series in Brownville, NE.
Other notable appearances include opening for Grammy-Winner Steve Tyrell at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in New Jersey, headlining the famed Fillmore Street Jazz Festival in San Francisco, a headlining engagement at The Peppermill Hotel & Casino in Reno, NV, and multiple concert events featuring the legendary Latin percussionist, Jack “Mr. Bongo” Costanzo in San Francisco’s Rrazz Room and at The M Bar in Hollywood.
Terese returned to New York’s Metropolitan Room in 2007 with “Drunk With Love: The Sequel” where she received another MAC Award nomination for Outstanding Female Vocalist and once again appeared on Time Out New York’s Top Ten List.
In February of 2008, Terese (along with her 7-member “little big band”) was contracted to perform an open-ended run at The Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, where she appeared for over 24 performances (including a double-bill with Broadway/Comedy/Jazz diva Lea DeLaria) before relocating to New York City. Terese returned to San Francisco for the Rrazz Room Anniversary show where she appeared with Petula Clark, Rita Moreno, Paul Williams, Freda Payne, and other entertainment industry luminaries.
Terese Genecco & her *little big band* are currently headlining in an open-ended run at The Iridium Jazz Club on Broadway near Times Square in New York City.
In 2009, Terese received the MAC Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist and continues to hold the title of “Entertainer of the Year” in San Francisco.
Terese’s recording of “Drunk With Love: A Tribute To Frances Faye” is on the BUG:OUT:MUSIC record label and is available at www.drunkwithlove.com. Other recordings on which she is featured include Russ Lorenson’s "What I Want For Christmas" on the LML Music label. Her sophomore release is scheduled for Spring 2010.
More information is available at the following websites:
www.teresegenecco.com
www.drunkwithlove.com
www.cdbaby.com/cd/teresegenecco
www.sonicbids.com/teresegenecco
www.myspace.com/teresegenecco
www.facebook.com/terese.genecco
www.twitter.com/teresegenecco
www.iridiumjazzclub.com
More information about Frances Faye can be found at this fan site:
http://www.tyleralpern.com/francesfaye.html
HORNS UP!
Instrumentation
Terese Genecco works with some of the swingin'est jazz musicians around. With an assortment of stellar musicians in every city, the band is top notch and always part of the act.
From time to time, Genecco is joined by JACK "Mr. Bongo" COSTANZO on percussion. Jack is credited with introducing the bongos to American popular music in the late 1940's with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and has had a sixty-year career playing with every great jazz vocalist and band in history, including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat "King" Cole, Frances Faye, and hundreds of others. Jack puts his own unique, swinging stamp on any band he leads.
For the Iridium Jazz Club shows in NYC, the band line-up is usually Barry Levitt on piano, Skip Ward or Tom Hubbard on bass, Joe Abba on drums, Mayra Casales on Latin percussion, Sean Harkness on guitar, Mark Miller on trombone, Kenny Lavender on trumpet, and Cliff Lyons on tenor sax.
Discography
GO TO www.drunkwithlove.com for digital liner notes and purchase info for the MAC-Award winning "DRUNK WITH LOVE! A TRIBUTE TO FRANCES FAYE!" recorded Live at The Metropolitan Room, NYC. This is Genecco's DEBUT CD and it features Terese Genecco with her 7-piece *little big band!*
Genecco also appears, as a guest vocalist, on the 2006 holiday release by San Francisco-based vocalist, Russ Lorenson (LML Music Label) titled "What I Want For Christmas." Terese appears on track #9, "Snow."
Links
| http://www.bugoutmusic.com |
| DRUNK WITH LOVE: THE CD |
| WE LOVE CD BABY! |
| 7 Digital Indistore For Music Downloads |
| ALL MUSIC.COM |