Jazz Articles about Adriana Miki

Adriana Miki: Sashimiki

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 22, 2010

The spry and sensuous voice of the Brazilian Adriana Miki is beautifully showcased on her debut album, Sashimiki, produced by her bass-playing partner in this project, Sérgio Crestana. Delivering an exquisitely chosen, albeit short, program, Miki emerges with soft grandeur as Astrud Gilberto once did when she voiced the songs of her then husband, Jo&#227o Gilberto. Miki's voice is laden with elemental saudade and shows that Brazil's tradition maintains its long line of emotive ingenuity that recalls the near-mystical bliss ...