Marilena Paradisi & Bob Nieske


Biography Marilena Paradisi & Bob Nieske



Marilena Paradisi
Vocalist, composer, improviser, explorer and experimenter in the use of the human voice, from jazz to total improvisation and contemporary music . Italian Born- Marilena Paradisi has been active on the international jazz scene since 1994. She is making a rare visit to the Boston area where she will play 2 shows, one total improv and one featuring her repertoire..The session at the Lily Pad will feature songs from her CDs Some Place Called Where, I'll Never be the Same, Intimate Conversation, plus others.

”The most magical thing about Paradisi is your being able to believe completely in what she’s singing; you get the feeling she was there, that this was how it was, and that she has both scars and sweet memories to prove it…” - JazzTimes

Bob Nieske
New England bassist Nieske is the founder, leader and composer of Wolf Soup. Best known for his participation in the Jimmy Giuffre Quartet — with whom he toured Europe frequently and recorded three albums on Soul Note — Nieske has also recorded or performed with Duke Robillard, George Russell and the Living Time Orchestra, Alan Dawson, Orange Then Blue, Larry Coryell, The Either Orchestra, Ronnie Earl, Eartha Kitt, Dakota Staton and Herb Pomeroy. He is also the winner of the 1994 Jazz Composers Alliance Jazz Composition Contest and a 1990 Boston Music Awards nominee for outstanding bassist.

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