CHARMAINE CLAMOR: Searching for the Soul

Charmaine Clamor

Searching for the Soul

© 2005 Charmaine Clamor (634479177675)

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Soulful jazz and blues vocals delivered with sultry expressiveness.

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Charmaine Clamor is the first Filipina jazz singer to find success on mainstream American radio. Her album, "Searching for the Soul," has been heard on more than 100 stations around America, and peaked at #1 on the CMJ jazz charts in several markets. Critics and disc jockeys have compared Charmaine's sultry alto voice to legendary vocalists like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, and Cassandra Wilson, all the while recognizing her individual style and sound.

A longtime member of the renowned vocal harmony ensemble CRESCENDO, Charmaine is also the first Pinay to headline the world-famous Catalina Bar & Grill jazz club, in Hollywood, which presented Charmaine at their sold-out 2005 Filipino-American Jazz festival. In 2006, she headlined the Manila International Jazz Festival in her birth country, the Philippines.

Originally from the provincial town of Subic-Zambales, Charmaine Clamor began her singing career at age 3, entertaining passengers (whether they liked it or not!) in the back of buses traveling to Manila. As she grew, she began providing piano accompaniment while her mother sang kundiman (Filipino torch songs) and English language classics. From these early memories comes her love of the Great American Songbook.

One of the founding members of JazzPhil-USA, a non-profit organization which promotes Filipino-American jazz artists in the United States, Charmaine is an American citizen and proud Pinay who is honored to perform at concerts that celebrate the Filipino culture.

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  • searching for the soul
    author: nilo F. del Rosario

    It has been a long time since i pulled out a Sheila Jordan or Mark Murphy album, but when I played this album my love to jazz vocals came back again. (I'm a jazz instrumental listener). Love that voice. Although I'm not familiar with the band, they compliment the singer very well. The CD is also well recorded. It brings out the singer in front of me in my stereo system. My advice - develop a signature in your singing (a Charnaine Clamor sound). Wish you all the good things in your future project!

  • An Impressive New Vocal Artist
    author: Don Heckman, Los Angeles TIMES

    When Charmaine Clamor's warm, luscious contralto slips into a rhythmically seductive version of "I'm in the Mood for Love" or purrs through the tender lyrics of "The Very Thought of You," there's no doubt that a first-rate jazz talent is present. Her first album, "Searching for the Soul" (2005), announced the arrival of an impressive new vocal artist who worked her magic with material including Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday," Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love," Rodgers and Hart's "My Romance" and Gordon and Warren's "You'll Never Know." What is surprising about her singing, with its very real sense of jazz authenticity, is the fact that Clamor is a Filipina, born in the provincial town of Subic-Zambales. Her first contact with anything remotely jazz-related came while she played piano to accompany her mother's vocalizing on kundiman (Filipino torch songs). It didn't take long, however, before she was on her way to becoming the first Filipina jazz singer with a recording heard on more than 100 radio stations across the U.S.

  • Soulful and Smooth
    author: Dee

    Charmaine's music is soulful and smooth, and her voice is amazing. It's a great album that all types will enjoy.

  • Rich, Soulful and Sultry !!
    author: DatuPanot

    If you're in the mood just to mellow out, this is the music to listen to. It is indeed rich, soulful and sultry.

  • One of the Very Best
    author: Fritz the Nite Owl

    "Searching for the Soul" is one of the very best "jazz for slow-dancin'and romancin' for the wee hours" CDs ever recorded. "Soulful" is how many callers described her when I debuted her on my radio show. Her selection and interpretation of tunes is impeccable. Charmaine sings with enormous warmth, intimacy and sensuality.

  • The Real Thing
    author: Jim Santella, LA JAZZ SCENE

    With her deep, contralto voice, Charmaine Clamor interprets standards with the kind of sincere feeling that sends a message along the straight and narrow without detour. You're left with no doubts. She's forthright, convincing and talented.

  • Potential World Shaker
    author: George Harris, ALL ABOUT JAZZ

    "Blessed with a 'bedroom eyes' voice, Charmaine Clamor has put out a lovely and eclectic collection. Clamor proves she is able to handle the standards with aplomb. The jewels of 'Searching for the Soul,' however, are the originals. Charmaine Clamor could shake the world with originals like these. In a musical world filled with canaries, we beg Clamor for more new material."

  • Sweet and Smooth
    author: Swaying (In 'N Out)

    This Filipino princess is destined for greatness. Ms. Clamor is a beautiful young lady with a sultry voice that will take you on a trip to paradise.

  • shades of cleo lane and morgana king with phrasings of betty carter and sarah va
    author: oscar penaranda

    charmaine clamor sings/plays with the tunes like a tempting dessert then suddenly plunges with her voicings right into the heart of the matter, into the depths of all its sources. Then it can also rise above clouds of seemingly limitless exhuberations. Liked her version of "neither on of us" better than most.The musicians in the band, the vessel that carries the voice, incorporate within their fine tunes and turnings, excellent riffs and licks with impeccable timing, including some sax solos by glen garrett. buy it and give yourself a pleasant (christmas) surprise. You deserve it. And so do the musicians and charmaine. oscar penaranda

  • Mesmerizing indeed!
    author: Gina Smith

    Charmaine exquisitely sings a spectacular collection of jazz music in her deep sultry voice and her rendition brings a new twist that soothes one’s senses and warms the soul. For a debut recording, this is one fine piece of work and definitely a great contribution to the jazz music industry. Kudos to you!

  • Songs with that kind of Angelic Voice I Love
    author: Carlos Caramanzana

    If I hear this kind of songs and music in a night club, even without a partner dancing for me is endless. In bed,my partner does not have to do anything for the music and songs will do it for me. Congratulations Charmaine I adored your voice and your singing style. You have such beautiful and lovely voice. If you will sing in New York or nearby States, I will be there. I will buy your records, Love you, Carlos Caramanzana

  • Charmaine is saucy and delicious with a CD packed for the heart and soul.
    author: Joe Avelino

    Charmaine is an original. It takes courage and integrity to be one in her chosen niche: Jazz. There are too many greats, too many imitators and pretenders in that niche. But there is something about Charmaine that is at once mysterious and mystifying -like witchcraft, she casts a spell over you. She has a great vocal tone and what she does with it is masterful. Her style is free-flowing and sometimes playful when she brings in shades of Ella and Sarah. What I find most pleasurable about her is she doesn't sing to herself or to a crowd. She sings to me -intimately. She takes me with her bedroom voice.

  • Amazing
    author: Ron Sagye La Rue, JAZZ NEWS

    What I really like about Charmaine is that she can be whisper-soft, grippingly forceful, earthy, romantic, and soulful. Charmaine's vocalism is amazing. This album should be nominated for a grammy.... and win!

  • My Diva
    author: A. Scott Galloway, Music Editor Urban Network

    Charmaine Clamor is powerful and playful. I would sit anywhere to see this diva.

  • What a Voice
    author: Tribune-USA

    Ms. Clamor's sultry voice is both mesmerizing and captivating.

  • Feel the Love!
    author: Jazz News

    Charmaine literally 'breathes love' into age-old standards, You feel the lyrics. She makes you want to be in love if you are not already!

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