I was forced into music at a very young age via piano lessons and hated it. I wasn't taught that music could be fun! 

It took one quick lesson from my mother where she taught me three chords and my first Eagles song for me to fall in love with music. I was 13. I have not stopped.

I have been playing and writing ever since!

Born in upstate New York into a musical family, Carmela had an early love of The Great American Songbooks and Jazz.
She has played in clubs in New York and Los Angles and place in between as well as performing overseas. She has also appeared in several feature films and theater pieces.
She has recorded nine studio albums, the last seven containing mostly or all original compositions, with some co-writes with some of New Orlean’s best musicians.
For the last nine years she has lived full time in New Orleans and performed in many clubs as well as Jazz Fest with Paul Sanchez and The Rolling Road Show and her own spot in French Quarter Fest.
She also has appeared regularly at The New Orleans Jazz Museum.
Her last two albums were a departure from jazz and feature unusual instrumentation and arrangements.
She can be found on most social media platforms as well as Bandcamp and other streaming services.
More information is available on her website carmelarappazzo.com

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