Luciana Souza
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| Luciana Souza | ||
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 Luciana Souza on the cover of Duos II, released in 2005 by Sunnyside
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Genre(s) | Jazz | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocal, scat singing | |
| Years active | 1992–present | |
| Label(s) | Biscoito Fino Sunnyside |
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| Website | [1] | |
Luciana Souza is a Brazilian jazz singer and composer.
Daughter of poet Tereza Souza and singer-composer-guitarist Walter Santos, she grew up in São Paulo. She began her career by recording jingles for commercials. She has also worked in the field of European classical music, working with the Bach Akademie in Stuttgart, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, composer Osvaldo Golijov, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. She is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory.
She has been nominated three times for a Grammy Award as best jazz vocalist in 2002, 2003 and 2005.
She currently teaches at the Manhattan School of Music.
One track from Duos II, "Muita Bobeira", was included with Microsoft Windows Vista.
[edit] Discography
- An Answer to Your Silence (NYC Records, 1999)
- The Poems of Elizabeth Bishop and Other Songs (Sunnyside, 2000)
- Brazilian Duos (Sunnyside, 2001)
- North and South (Sunnyside, 2003)
- Neruda (Sunnyside, 2004)
- Duos II (Sunnyside, 2005)
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