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Valerie Belinga

Valerie Belinga is a jazz vocalist originally hailing from Cameroon, who is beginning to make a positive impression on the international music scene. Very early on Valerie discovered Caribbean, Peruvian Indian, and South African music, and was swayed by singer Myriam Makeba, alongside her father who was choir master of a Gregorian chorus. As a teenager she listened to the soundtrack of Billie Holiday's life " Lady Sings the Blues" and gradually entered the world of great jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzerald, Shirley Horn, Mahalia Jackson and many more. After relocating to Strasbourg, France, and taking up residency, she started attending jazz clubs