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JIMMY SALVEMINI Singer and Songwriter
CD Title: Self Expression
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Review Type: Music Review Date: March 2, 2007 Website: www.jimmysalvemini.com |
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Reviews By Avis: Jimmy Salvemini contacted me in January 2007. He informed me that he was a personal friend of Luther Vandross. He stated that Luther discovered him when he was 14 years old and then wrote and produced an entire album for him. After learning more about Jimmy, I asked him if he would like to be a Featured Artist on our website. Jimmy said he would be honored and that he would send me his CD and DVD. Jimmy's story is one that truly touches my heart. Jimmy's CD, "Self Expression", is superb. Jimmy co-wrote most of the songs. His music is influenced by the talented Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, and his older brother Larry. I enjoy listening to his CD daily. His music creates a very romantic mood. "My Kind of Woman" is my favorite song from his CD. It's an emotional song that expresses a man's love for a special kind of woman. Jimmy is proudly being featured in the slide show on Avis Business Services Featured Businesses page and on our business page at www.MySpace.com.
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About Jimmy Salvemini:
Does that name sound familiar? Maybe it is because a big part of his story is currently featured in the first biography ever written about Luther Vandross, Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross. Luther took Jimmy under his wing and nurtured his talent after seeing him perform on the hit talent show Star Search when Jimmy was just 14 years old. But to tell the story of Jimmy, you would have to first tell the story of his brother and manager, Larry Salvemini.
The story of Jimmy Salvemini's rise is also the story of what friends and observers say was Larry's determination to engineer that rise. It is the tale of two very different brothers, a dozen years apart in age. One loved to be in front of crowds, the other hitchhiked 5,000 miles to escape them, but they were brought together by a common dream. |
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It's the type of story of which books are written and movies are made. While Larry raised and lived among wolves and started the Alaska Wolf Association, his only means of communication to the outside world was through a CB-like communication system broadcast over the radio, because he lived in a remote location In the Alaskan tundra 50 miles from the nearest road.
Over the airwaves he would hear about Jimmy's accomplishments like when the 12 year-old held up a sign at a sold-out Barbara Mandrell concert that read, "I'm 12 years old. Please fulfill my dreams to sing a duet with you." Barbara called him up on stage and what started as a duet quickly became Jimmy's solo performance. |
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He received a standing ovation. But it was when Larry heard about Jimmy winning a prized position on Star Search, that he decided to leave the Alaskan wilderness and armed only with his charm, persuasion and determination, decided to move to the Sunset Strip where he taped a set of goals to the refrigerator for him and Jimmy to achieve in order to accomplish the family dream.
Jimmy was born with a severe hearing loss which was discovered after family members outside the house would hear music blasting inside, and upon investigation would find Jimmy pressing his ear against the speaker of his oldest brother's stereo. Doctors said Jimmy's hearing could only be partially corrected through surgery. His Pentecostal pastor suggested Jimmy's mother take a prayer cloth home. When putting Jimmy to bed that night, she placed the cloth over his ears and prayed. About 20 minutes afterwards, Jimmy ran into the kitchen with fluid draining from both ears. From that moment on, this four year-old could hear like everyone else.
By six, he was singing solos in church and charging twenty-five cent admission for the backyard concerts he gave at his house. By ten this young singer was in high demand on the Long Island music circuit.
Shortly after his appearance on Star Search, Vandross invited Jimmy backstage at one of his concerts at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles. After Jimmy gave a moving performance at Vandross' request, it was then that Luther decided to set aside all projects and write and produce his new proteges debut R and B album. Luther called in favors from many notable old friends to appear on the album, such as Irene Cara, Pheobe Snow, Brenda Russell, Cheryl Lynn, and Pee Wee Herman, just to name a few. After Larry negotiated a $250,000 deal with Elektra Records, he could now check off another goal listed on the refrigerator.
On January 12, 1986, the day after completing the last song for the debut album, while on the way to the studio to celebrate what seemed to be the pinnacle of Jimmy's teenage career, the Mercedes driven by Luther swerved out of control and collided with two oncoming cars. Jimmy and Luther were rushed to Cedar Sinai Medical Center while Larry was rushed to the trauma center where he lay on an operating table for two hours as doctors struggled to mend the mess that had been made of his body. Their efforts were valiant, but the wounds proved too severe. It wasn't long before Jimmy's family boarded a plane for LA and struggled to find a way to tell young Jimmy, who was still in intensive care suffering from a collapsed lung and other internal injuries that his big brother had died.
While all involved with the album had high hopes for its success, the biography explains how the record company decided that in light of the tragedy, it would be nearly impossible to launch a potential teen heartthrob out of such horrific circumstances.
Jimmy went back home to Long Island, mourning his brother and trying to heal his broken body. At that point, much like his older brother Larry once did, Jimmy drew inward and escaped the crowds that used to invigorate his talent. He retreated back to where he found comfort and tried to make some sense of what the bigger picture might be. Jimmy became reclusive. When he listened to the voice within, he discovered an innate ability he never knew existed...writing songs and creating music. His newly discovered talents became his channel of self-expression. Occasionally singing locally, it was when Luther had his stroke that memories resurfaced.
Along with still unanswered questions, the lyrics of a poem spoke to Jimmy. I have fond memories, so much of you lives in me With each song that I sing, I remember Brother, This one's for you, and the dream we shared too I will carry it through the way we planned it.
To order Jimmy's CD, and to learn more about him, please visit his website at www.jimmysalvemini.com. |
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