Jazz Articles about Guida Vargas

Guida Vargas: Cal

by Jim Santella
December 7, 2003

Combining the various sounds of Brazil, Angola, South Africa, and Portugal into one original session would seem like a difficult circumstance. It comes naturally to this ensemble, however, since their earliest musical experiences have included all this and more.

Singer Guida Vargas is from Angola. Her mother is from Portugal and her father from Brazil. Saxophonist William Ramsay hails from South Africa. The duo collaborated on these eleven original compositions and Vargas wrote the Portuguese lyrics. English ...