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Luciana Souza

2002 and 2003 Grammy nominee Luciana Souza is one of Brazil's leading singers and interpreters, while at the same time establishing herself as one of the most exciting songwriters of the time. Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, she grew up in a family of Bossa Nova innovators who performed and wrote numerous hit tunes for stars like Joao Gilberto and Elis Regina. Her early childhood was influenced by the frequent jam sessions and weekend visits of stars of the day such as Milton Nascimento and Hermeto Pascoal. Her work as a performer transcends traditional boundaries around musical styles, offering solid roots in jazz, sophisticated lineage in world music and an enlightened approach to classical repertoire and new music

Women in Jazz: Fabulous Singing, Part 1

by Russell Perry
March 16, 2021

The past decade has been a great one for lovers of jazz singing with most of the exciting music coming from women vocalists. In this hour and the next of Jazz at 100 Today! we'll survey 20 releases from 15 female vocalists who range from the rediscovered vintage jazz of Catherine Russell to the powerful hybrid ...

Take Five with Camila Ronza

by AAJ Staff
March 13, 2021

Meet Camila Ronza Born on February 10, 1995, in São Paulo, Brazil. From an early age, she had contact with music because of her very musical family, who always inspired and encouraged her. As a child, she joined OSESP Children's Choir and performed as a solo singer, so she soon decided to be a ...

Amanda Tosoff: Earth Voices

by Dan Bilawsky
February 10, 2021

Building off the lure of language planted in Amanda Tosoff's Juno-nominated Words (Empress Music Group, 2016), this sixth album from the Toronto-based composer and pianist waves poetic in wondrous fashion. Pairing different guest vocalists and collections of musicians with personalized takes on Parnassian beauty of varied sorts, Tosoff cements the bonds between earthly voices and heavenly ...

2020's Travel Songs - Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 9, 2021

In this year of painful confinement music has been a much needed source of solace, with its capacity to take us beyond our times and across space. Here some of the best “travel songs" that we've been digging this year, while planning on taking them on a real road-trip as soon as possible. Happy ...

2020: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 2, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic put the jazz world in a tailspin, just like the world at large, in 2020. And there is plenty of uncertainty going into the new year about what “new normal: might emerge from the darkness. International Jazz Day, like so many other things, became an online virtual event this time around. Pianist Keith ...

For Love

By Fahir Atakoglu

Label: Far&Here
Released: 2020
Track listing: For Love - Por Amor; Day by Day 7:08 Ying and Yang; Seven of Hearts; About You; Coraçao Vagabundo - Gypsy Heart; Rythm of Love - Our Dance; Glow With the Flow - Duet; Come Musica; Hidden Beauty; This Too Shall Pass - Bu Da Gecer; Land and Sea; Love's Crescendo.

25 Years

By Edward Simon

Label: Ridgeway Records
Released: 2020
Track listing:
CD 1:
Erika; Alma Llanera; Govinda; Fiestas; Simplicity; Pathless Path; Pere; Impossible Question.
CD 2:
What If?; Aguantando; Caballo Viejo; Barinas; Uninvited Thoughts; Navigator; Gracias A La Vida; Venezuela Unida; Triumphs.

Storytellers

By Luciana Souza

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Varanda, Matita Peré, Se Acontecer, Beatriz, Choro #3, Mau Pai, Baião a Tempo, Chora Choração, Mar de Copacabana, Sim ou Não.

Por Amor

By Fahir Atakoglu

Label: Far&Here
Released: 2020
Track listing: FOR LOVE - POR AMOR 3:28 DAY BY DAY 7:08 YING AND YANG 4:48 SEVEN OF HEARTS 3:48 ABOUT YOU 6:55 CORAÇAO VAGABUNDO - GYPSY HEART 5:03 RYTHM OF LOVE - OUR DANCE 5:34 GLOW WITH THE FLOW - DUET 5:04 COME MUSICA 5:26 HIDDEN BEAUTY 6:32 THIS TOO SHALL PASS - BU DA GECER 4:16 LAND AND SEA 6:07 LOVE'S CRESCENDO 4:35