Jazz Vocalist & Songwriter

The topics of #racism, #whitepriviledge and #whitesupremacy are ones that always made my heart bleed, but never like last year I realized the magnitude and depth of this problem in the US, the country I love and chose as my home. I'll admit that as a perosn born and raised in Italy, at first I struggled understanding the Black Lives Matter movement, not because I didn't see the validity of it but because I grew up in a system of all whites where discrimination was mostly the one of norther Italians against us people from the South. I'll admit that it took me some time to better understand American society and the heartbreaking, rampant #systemicracism it's pervaded by. I had a naive view of the United States, I was ignorant and simply didn't know any better. But I see now, crystal clear, and I'm ashamed of the misunderstanding of my past when "all lives matter" used to make sense to me. Sure, all lives matter. But NO LIVES MATTER until we can all unite and proclaim as one that BLACK LIVES MATTER! I hope I can make amends for my foolishness of the past by fighting #colorblindness with all I have. This video is a fisrt step, an attempt to hopefully help others realize what these words mean, and that in order to keep growing as a country we need to face the truth, own it and from there work as hard as we can to make things right. Vocals, concept, text, and production by Laura Campisi Sound Design by Joe Carman Video Design by Simone Campisi #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #BlackHistoryMonth

Written and performed by Laura Campisi feat. Emilio D. Miler (background percussions) From "Double Mirror" (2017): https://www.lauracampisi.com MORNINGSIDE (Music and lyrics by Laura Campisi) I’m gonna go down on Morningside I’m gonna go looking for your starry eyes When the blossoms still are all so white I’m gonna look for you on Morningside The breeze is chilly but not that cold And I can’t stop thinkin’ you might come back home I’ll look for you on Morningside And maybe I’ll forget why you can’t be mine Bloom and snow are just the same They go with the flow of a windy day And maybe it’s a shame but I can’t see why You think I’m to blame if I keep on tryin’ Tryin’ to keep us in a lovely spot While you turn your back and decree we’re done But if I can’t find you on Morningside I’ll find someone better, kiss you goodbye I’ll look for you on Morningside But I can’t forget why you can’t be mine No I can’t forget why you can’t be mine I can’t forget you won’t be mine

"Lontano Lontano" by Luigi Tenco Laura Campisi Quartet "Vedrai Vedrai" Music of Luigi Tenco & More Jazz at Kitano, New York Wednesday April 23rd, 2014 feat. Gianluca Renzi, Jon Davis and Tommy Campbell Live recorded by Salvo Cascio

Laura Campisi performs Sicilian classic protest song "Mafia e Parrini" Live at Teatro San Giorgio, Taormina, Sicily Written by Ignazio Buttitta, Otello Profazio Laura Campisi Sicily Revisited features: Andrea Beneventano on piano Alberto Fidone on upright bass Lyrics: La mafia e li parrini si dettiru la manu Poviru cittadinu, poviru paisanu! E mafia e parrini si dettiru la manu E mafia e parrini si dettiru la manu La mafia e li parrini, Eterni sancisuca! Sidduni nni li spaddi E corda chi nn'affuca E mafia e parrini si dettiru la manu E mafia e parrini si dettiru la manu Unu jsa la cruci, l'autru punta e spara Unu minazza 'nfernu, l'autru la lupara E mafia e parrini si dettiru la manu E mafia e parrini si dettiru la manu Chi semu surdi o muti??! Rumpemu 'sti catini Sicilia voli gloria! Né mafia né parrini E mafia e parrini si dettiru la manu E mafia e parrini si dettiru la manu

Laura Campisi e Gianni Gebbia Magnetic Trio interpretano "La vie en rose" - Teatro alla Guilla - Palermo - 9/1/2015

Singer songwriter Laura Campisi performs "If You Love Me" (L'hymne à l'amour) by Edith Piaf January 3rd and 4th 2014, Teatro alla Guilla, Palermo (Italy) Laura Campisi "Back Home" Trio feat. Gabrio Bevilacqua on bass and Fabrizio Brusca on guitar Video by Claudia Ragusa

Laura Campisi performs "If you could see me now" at the Vocal Jazz Series jam session at Zeb's (New York, 05/14/2014) Jason Teborek - piano Saul Rubin - doublebass Jacob Melchoir - drums

"Lontano Lontano" by Luigi Tenco Laura Campisi Quartet "Vedrai Vedrai" Music of Luigi Tenco & More Jazz at Kitano, New York Wednesday April 23rd, 2014 feat. Gianluca Renzi, Jon Davis and Tommy Campbell Live recorded by Salvo Cascio

"San Diego Serenade" by Tom Waits Original Italian lyrics by Laura Campisi Laura Campisi Quartet "Vedrai Vedrai" Music of Luigi Tenco & More Jazz at Kitano, New York Wednesday April 23rd, 2014 feat. Gianluca Renzi, Jon Davis and Tommy Campbell Special guests Mr Pig and Sir Crocodile :) Live recorded by Salvo Cascio

"Io che amo solo te" by Sergio Endrigo Laura Campisi Quartet "Vedrai Vedrai" Music of Luigi Tenco & More Jazz at Kitano, New York Wednesday April 23rd, 2014 feat. Gianluca Renzi, Jon Davis and Tommy Campbell Live recorded by Salvo Cascio

Laura Campisi performs a duo version of the beautiful jazz standard "God Bless The Child" at the Carini Jazz Festival 2011. On guitar Fabrizio Brusca. Special guest Totò, The Little Dod That's Got His Own.

Laura Campisi vincitrice Premio Bianca d'Aponte 6^ed.e Miglior interpretazione con Cuorefisarmonica

This is an original composition by my uncle, Pasquale Campisi, on Sicilian traditional lyrics collected by Corrado Avolio in the mid of the XIX Century. "Facci di luna" ("Moon Face") is a simple but powerful piece on the true meaning of love, and my uncle composed it as a gift to my mother and father's wedding. The introduction to the song is an original translation in Sicilian language to Poem #5 by Latin poet Catullus. I worked on the translation together with my mother, Luisa, long time ago. This video is dedicated to my mother and father, and to my whole family. But most of all, this is for you, Zio Pasquale. I will always love you, wherever you are. From "Sicily Revisited", a show by Laura Campisi. Recorded live at the Italian American Museum (Little Italy, New York) on June 1st, 2014. Featuring Alberto Fidone on doublebass.

SICILIAN SINGER & SONG WRITER LAURA CAMPISI PERFORMING AT CASA BELVEDERE IN NEW YORK CITY.

The song Rosa Canta e Cunta (of famous popular Sicilian singer Rosa Balistreri, 1927-1990) interpreted by a Palermitan singer, Laura Campisi and a Dutch double bass player, Marko Bonarius with beautiful images of Palermo (Trattoria Da Zia Pina - NOT TO MISS WHEN IN PALERMO! - and the Vucciria & Ballaro markets), Sicily by French videomaker Dorine Brun. Video: © 2007 Dorine Brun Scroll down for translations in English, Italian and French. contacts: markobonarius@gmail.com dorinebrun@gmail.com ROSA SINGS AND TELLS by Rosa Balistreri (english translation) Tonight I'll go and ride with the wind To open the doors of history Tonight I want to give life, for a moment, To the past and memory Tonight with the fire of love I'll dig a grave to sorrow There's more sorrow, there's more torment Than joy and love for mankind It is not tears that can change destiny It is not fear that can stop the way I open my fists, count my fingers I remain myself, live my life I sing and I tell To not get lost Nobody blessed my path Not even the small hand of a priest And still I go as the wind In search for a moment of peace I want to break... to break the skies To make it rain love There's those who deceive you There's those who commands And those who rests in silence It's power that reinforces those in power It's silence that kills the innocent I open my fists, count my fingers... I came into this world when the prepotent Felt disgusted in the streets A time of abuses, hunger and war I grew up in between the wretched Silent tears I cried and many My innocence was shared amongst many The bad people, the powerful Who are in many in this society It's not love which grows near them But the favours distributed by those who rule I open my fists, count my fingers... ROSA CANTA E CUNTA di Rosa Balistreri (traduzione italiana) Stasera vado e corro con il vento Per aprire le porte della storia Stasera voglio ridare per un momento Vita al passato e alla memoria Stasera con la vampa dell'amore Scavo una fossa una fossa al dolore C'è piu dolore, c'è piu tormento Che gioia e amore per l'humanita Non è il pianto che puo cambiare il destino Non è la paura che puo arrestare il cammino Apro i pugni conto le dita Resto me stessa, vivo la vita Canto e racconto Per non perdere il conto Nessuno ha benedetto il mio cammino Neanche la mano piccola di un prete E vado ancora come va il vento In cerca di un momento di pace Voglio spaccare... spaccare il cielo Per far piovere piovere amore C'è chi ti inganna, c'è chi domanda E che in silenzio e muto se ne sta È il potere che rafforza i potenti È il silenzio che ammazza i innocenti Apro i pugni conto le dita... Sono venuta al mondo quando il prepotente Ci disdegnava par ogni strada Tempi di abusi, di fame e di guerra Sono cresciuta in mezzo ai malnati Lacrime mute ne ho pianto e quante La mia innocenza l'hanno spartita in tanti La cattiva gente, i prepotenti Ce ne sono tanti in questa societa Non è l'amore quel che cresce intorno Ma il favoristismo spartito da chi domanda Apro i pugni conto le dita... ROSA CHANTE ET RACONTE de Rosa Balistreri (traduction française) Ce soir je vais et cours avec le vent Pour ouvrir les portes de l'histoire Ce soir je veux redonner pour un moment Vie au passé et à la mémoire Ce soir avec une bouffée d'amour Je creuse une fosse, une fosse à la douleur Il y a plus de douleur, plus de tourment, Que de joie et d'amour pour l'humanité Ce n'est pas les larmes qui peuvent changer le destin Ni la peur qui change notre chemin (Refrain) J'ouvre les poings, je compte les doigts Il me reste moi, vive la vie Je chante et raconte Pour ne pas perdre le compte Personne n'a bénit mon chemin Pas même la petite main d'un prête Et je vais encore comme va le vent A la recherche d'un moment de paix Je veux fendre... fendre le ciel Pour faire pleuvoir, pleuvoir d'amour Il y a celui qui te trompe, celui qui te demande Et celui qui reste en silence, muet C'est le pouvoir qui renforce les puissants C'est le silence qui tue les innocents Refrain Je suis venue au monde quand le puissant Nous dédaignait par les rues Temps d'abus, de faim et de guerre J'ai grandi au milieu des misérables Des larmes muettes j'en ai versées et combien Mon innocence ils se l'ont tous partagée Les mauvais gens, les violents Il y en a tant dans cette société Ce n'est pas l'amour qui croît autour de nous Mais les faveurs distribuées à ceux qui demandent Refrain

Take off your clothes... Don't you know you can't win?! ;)

Laura Campisi Song Dunya News Usa interview by manzoor hussain video by Abdul Samad Khan

You're nobody's fool! ;)

Laura Campisi performing Jazz classic "You'd better go now" on an original arrangment. Laura Campisi Trio feat. Alberto Fidone (bass) and Luca Nostro (guitar) Beba Do Samba - Rome (Italy) January 12th, 2014

Laura Campisi performs live in Rome the well-known Jazz Standard "Fly me to the moon" Laura Campisi Trio feat. Luca Nostro (guitar) and Alberto Fidone (bass) January 12th, 2014 Beba Do Samba - Rome (Italy)