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"There are...singers who simply adore and revel singing at a pure level of sincerity and expression. Lori Carsillo convincingly conveys the depth of this emotional perspective with her distinctively personal approach."

— Dr. Herb Wong, Jazz Education Journal, IAJE

Lori's debut album, Bittersweet, is a collection of standards and lesser-known jazz tunes that create a vibe both noir and haunting, bright and transcending. The band features a number of the finest Bay Area musicians - Dave Mac Nab on guitar, John Shifflett on bass, Jason Lewis on drums & percussion, and keyboardist Michael Bluestein, with Eric Crystal on saxophone, Robin Bonnell on cello and Robby Virus on theremin. With unique arrangements and unexpected surprises, Bittersweet draws you into strangely familiar places, touching something put aside and almost forgotten.

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Song List

The Old Country
Get Out of Town
Skylark
Where Flamingos Fly
Falling in Love with Love
Some Cats Know
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
O Grande Amor
Left Alone
I Fall in Love Too Easily

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Musicians

Lori Carsillo vocals

Dave Mac Nab guitars
Dave Mac Nab has been performing and composing music for over fifteen years. As a resident of the San Francisco Bay area for the last ten years, Dave has worked with many of the Bay Area's finest musicians, in a wide range of settings and styles. While he's well versed in the language of Jazz, his playing draws equally from rock, funk, latin, and blues influences, creating a soulful, intelligent sound driven by a strong rhythmic force. Dave has performed with Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne (Best New Artist, 2001), supporting her album "I am Shelby Lynne" (Island/Def Jam). While touring throughout Europe, Canada and the U.S., he has shared the stage with Sting, K.D. Lang, Matchbox 20, Ben Harper, Jeff Beck, Willie Nelson, Taj Mahal, Rikki Lee Jones, Bon Jovi and others. Dave also has toured and recorded with Bob Wier and his band, Ratdog. In 2001, Dave played with former Charlie Hunter drum phenom Scott Amendola, as well as playing lead guitar in the national touring productions of Rent and Elton John's AIDA.

John Shifflett bass
John Shifflett is a gifted musician whose varied musical background has range from studio sessions for radio and television jingles, to jazz, country and pop recordings. His show business experience includes tours with Frankie Avalon and the Ringling-Barnum & Bailey circus, several seasons with the San Jose Civic Light Opera, and many engagements with stars such as Dinah Shore, Mel Torme, Jerry Lewis, Dionne Warwick, The Smothers Brothers, among others. With his primary focus being jazz, John has performed with Toshiko Akiyoshi, Red Holloway, Ernie Watts, John Zorn, Kim Richmond, Kurt Elling, Norma Winstone, Tom Harrell, Bobby Hutcherson, John Stowell, Harold Land, Kendra Shank, and others. In the Bay Area he can be heard with many groups and accompanying CD's such as, Eric Crystal, the Mike Zilber/Steve Smith quartet, Harvey Wainapel, the Taylor Eigsti Trio, the Paul Nagel Trio, Ann Dyer & No Good Time Fairies, the Will Bernard Quartet, Anton Schwartz, the Peter Apfelbaum Sextet, Ray Brown's Great Big Band, Ben Goldberg, Tim Volpicella, and many others.

Michael Bluestein keyboards
Michael Bluestein is a keyboardist whose rich musical style is colored by a varied palette of influences including jazz, funk, pop, gospel, Brazilian, among others. Michael plays B-3 organ and Fender Rhodes in Motherbug, guitarist Will Bernard's (TJ Kirk) funk/groove/jazz infused band. As the funky organ maniac in Motherbug, Michael has toured the Canadian jazz festival circuit, opened for both Herbie Hancock and Charlie Hunter at the San Francisco Fillmore, and plays regularly at San Francisco's Boom Boom Room and Bruno's. In the acoustic realm, Michael has contributed his jazz piano playing to the groups of legendary drummer Victor Lewis, ex-Journey drummer Steve Smith, guitarist Stanley Jordan,acoustic guitarist Alex Degrassi, and vocalists Carla Cook, Renee Marie, and Kitty Margolis. A winner of the 1995 Billboard magazine's songwriting competition in the rock category, Michael's keen pop sensibility is in demand in the rock world. He has toured with Grammy Award winning artist Shelby Lynne as well as Linda Perry (4-Non-Blondes.) In the last few years, Michael has released a number of albums including Reflections and Wild World.

Jason Lewis drums & percussion
Jason Lewis, one of the most creative talents on the Bay Area scene, graduated from the classical percussion program at San Jose State University, under the direction of Tony Cirone of the San Francisco Symphony. Jason's versatility as a player has served him well in his numerous engagements with such talents as Joshua Breakstone, John Stowell, Gary Burton, James Moody, Mark Murphy, Norma Winstone, Larry Coryell, Darol Anger, Regina Carter, Johnny Frigo, Ann Dyer, James Carter, Taylor Eigsti , John Handy, Anton Schwartz , Mark Levine, Peter Apfelbaum, Dmitri Matheny, Cornelius Bumpus, Kurt Elling, and Boz Scaggs. Mr.Lewis has also performed with the San Jose Symphony and the San Jose Civic Light Opera. Besides performing throughout the San Francisco Bay Area with many groups, often with bassist John Shifflett and pianist Paul Nagel, Jason has toured and recorded with Michael Brook, Djivan Gasparyan, Ann Dyer, and Ashwin Batish. He can be heard on numerous recordings and movie soundtracks (Affliction, Albino Alligator).

Eric Crystal saxophone
Saxophonist and composer Eric Crystal is an innovative, versatile and melodic improviser who has brought his strong, sensitive musical voice to numerous recordings and a vast array of performance settings. Highly in demand among creative musicians, he has worked with such talents as Clark Terry, J.J. Johnson, Omar Sosa, Boz Scaggs, Bob Weir & Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead), Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters), Michael Wolff, E.W. Wainwright, Charlie Hunter, Kitty Margolis, Vijay Iyer, Scott Amendola, James Hurt, Ben Goldberg, Paul McCandless and Mark Levine. Eric Crystal regularly performs at concerts and clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area and has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia and North America, having appeared as a featured soloist in the Monterey Jazz Festival, as well as other national and international festivals.

Robby Virus theremin
Robby Virus was classically trained as a cellist, but soon succumbed to the allure of rock & roll. He plays bass and sings in the alternative surf/goth band The Giraffe Had a Voice. Five years ago he took up the theremin. Largely self-taught, Robby also studied briefly with Robert Moog and Lydia Kavina. In 1999, he founded Project: Pimento, Earth's only theremin lounge band, and performs around the San Francisco Bay Area. Project: Pimento's debut album (featuring Lori Carsillo on vocals) was released in the fall of 2002. In his spare time, Dr. Virus is a biochemist.

Robin Bonnell cello

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Production Credits

Produced by Dave Mac Nab & Lori Carsillo