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Deborah Dicembre
. . . is an Australian Singer/Songwriting
artist.
She is gifted with one fine female jazz and soul voice. Her poetic turn
of phrase, quickly lets you into the world of those she writes about
with deft precision, from the inside out; a laser beam targeting the
heart.
Presently , Deborah is heading into the studio with guitarists David Holmes & Randall Waller, to record her 2nd Gospel CD,
"The Rider On The White Horse', all original works.
Deborah's latest CD
"The Ballad Of Malcolm Campbell" is about to be released . This CD, also all original works, recorded over a number of years , in a band setting,
comprises 10 trx. of 'Life Story Songs'. It will be released on Saturday
November 19 at The Wayside Chapel Theatre, 7.30 pm start, tickets $20
available here. All proceeds of CD sales will go to Wayside Chapel Youth -
see projects page
In the Winter of
2009 Deborah Dicembre's South Coast Jazz Review completed a series
of concerts at Mountain
Ridge Wines. This series of shows saw her perform with longtime
colleagues Kevin Hunt, Mark Isaacs as well as newer collaborators, John
Harkins, Brendan Clarke, Denys Mason & Phil Scorgie.
Deborah
performed for many years with children's bigband
Kinderjazz, with whom she recorded the CD, “THE ONE FOR ME”. Oct/Nov '08
saw them play to a sold out Sydney Opera House audience for 2 weeks at
Baby Proms.
AWARDS
Born into a family of musicians, Deborah took to the stage at age 5 and
went on to win
2003 Australian Gospel Songwriting Award – Best Lyrics
1997 Unisong International Songwriting Comp. 1st place R&B Division
1991 ABC Young Australian Writers Series
1988 Australian Jazz Singers Award
Deborah has recorded to 2 CD's, the highly acclaimed Gospel CD 'HE HEARS
ME' and the rock pop blues of original material, 'WHAT YOU ARE”,that
have both sold out of their 1st & 2nd pressings.
From 1989-'93 Deborah enjoyed cutting her teeth as a live performer,
playing the Sydney jazz circuit with a host of top talent including Dale
Barlow, Jackie Orszaczky, Carl Orr, Gordon Rytmeister, Kevin Hunt, Mark
Isaacs, Steve Hunter, Victor Rounds, Sean Wayland, David Holmes, &
Jonathon Swartz .
During these years she also put together
FULL BODY MESSAGE – a 4 piece , all girl , Accapella Gospel group.
Together Deborah , Chris E Thomas, Lea Mason & Narelle Nielson enjoyed a
series of TV, radio, live & recording dates. The band was very well
received, doing supports for international Gospel act, “THE BIRMINGHAM
SUNLIGHTS' and local guy TOMMY EMMANUEL.
1993 Deborah moved to NYC where she lived & worked for 3 yrs composing ,
recording and performing on piano and guitar.
When she returned in 1996, Deborah began teaching vocals at the School Of
Creative Arts ( Aust. & Singapore), and put together a pop rock band
with a dash of country flavour . She began writing in this genre, &
began a new recording project that became the CD 'WHAT YOU ARE”,
collaborating with Douglas Weaver, Ralph Marshall & Glen Wilson.
In 1998 “He Hears Me", was released and the following years saw Deborah
returning to her 2 great musical loves, Jazz & Gospel. By 2003 she had
begun to form 'Manhattan Love Bistro' with Sean Wayland, Dale Barlow,
Jonathon Swartz and Gordon Rytmeister and made a recording of that band
(yet to be released in hard copy but available online).
Career Highlights include:
-producing and presenting 'Sunday Brunch' ; a 3 hour jazz and cool music
radio show, from 9am till 12 noon, every Sunday on 2CCR 90.5FM. (2006)
-National ‘Jazz For The Forests’ tour with Galapagos Duck, Don Burrows,
James Morrison and Tommy Emmanuel.
-Top jazz artists in Australia , including Dale Barlow, Mark Isaacs and
Carl Orr, have invited Debra to perform live in their ensembles, and
collaborate on their recorded work.
Recording Projects include:
-Lead Vocal , 2 trx on debut album of Carl Orr. Co-write on ‘When I
Don’t See You’
-Lead vocals on Mark Isaacs pop project ‘Grace City’
-Lead vocal on 2 trx ‘Re-birth Of The Cool’ – Dorian Mode
-Vocalist on ABC recording of Kevin Hunt's, "Ceremony"
DISCOGRAPHY
- ‘He Hears Me’ – An eclectic soulful jazz mix of Hymns & Gospel songs. 17
trx, 6 original, all original arr. Piano – Kevin Hunt, Debra- all vocals
- ‘What You Are’ – 5 trk EP , all original Rock/Pop/Blues
- 'The One For Me' with children's big band KINDERJAZZ
Now the mother of two beautiful children, Deborah is based on the
Shoalhaven South Coast.
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