With Diavola, Gabrielle Cavassa makes her debut on Blue Note Records. The vocalist and composer wrote her own songs and arrangements while Joshua Redman and Don Was produced the album. On the recording she is joined by Jeff Parker on guitar, Paul Cornish on piano, Larry Grenadier on double bass, Brian Blade on drums and Redman himself on tenor sax. DownBeat gave her five stars and heard “a young singer with a deep, rich, fragile voice”.

Cavassa is largely self-taught, having learned her craft in the clubs of the Bay Area and, from 2017, those of New Orleans. She self-released her debut album Gabrielle Cavassa in 2020, with Jamison Ross as producer. A year later she won the International Sarah Vaughan Jazz Vocal Competition, and Joshua Redman’s manager discovered her at an event in New Orleans. She sings on Redman’s album where are we (2023) and toured the United States, Europe and Asia with the Joshua Redman Group from 2023 to 2025.

“Gabrielle Cavassa, a young singer with a deep, rich, fragile voice..a star in the making.” (DownBeat)

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