Carol Saboya (March 10, 1975) is a Brazilian
jazz
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singer. She is the daughter of composer Antônio Adolfo.
Life
Saboya first participated in the
compact cassette ''A menina e a TV'' by Miéle at the age of eight. Other appearances followed on albums by musicians
Erasmo Carlos
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and
Ângela Ro Ro. Beside this she participated in the
musical ''Verde que te quero ver''. She studied singing in the United States and around this time was credited on
Sérgio Mendes
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' ''
Brasileiro''. Back in Brazil she collaborated with pianist Joyce Collin and
Aldir Blanc
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Career
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, recording the song "Carta de pedra at Canecã". Saboya released her debut album, ''Dança da voz'', in 1998. The album was produced by
Almir Chediak and brought her that year the Sharp Award for Best Brazilian New Female Vocalist. In 1999 she and guitarist
Nelson Faria backed
Tom Jobim
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* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
on his ''Janelas abertas''. After recording her second album, ''Sessão Passatempo'', in 2000, Saboya performed at the Brazilian Music Festival. Her next albums were ''Presente'' (2003) and ''Antonio Adolfo e Carol Saboya ao vivo/live'' (2007), the latter recorded in
Festival Miami. She covered songs by Mário Sève on her 2008 album ''Chão aberto'' and collaborated with Adolfo on his ''Lá e Cá'', which fuses Brazilian and American standards by
Jobim,
Cole Porter and other artists. In 2012 her ''Belezas – The Music of Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento'' was released for the first time in the US. The album was produced and arranged by Adolfo. The bilingual recording was sung in Portuguese and English.
Comprising songs by
Ivan Lins
Ivan Guimarães Lins (born June 16, 1945) is a Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over thirty years. His first hit, "Madalena", was recorded by ...
and
Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento (; born October 26, 1942), also known as Bituca, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
He has toured across the world.
Nascimento has won five Grammy Awards, including Best World Music Album for his alb ...
, ''Belezas'' features acoustic and electric guitarist Claudio Spiewak,
bassist Jorge Helder, drummer and
percussion
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ist Rafael Barata,
soprano and
tenor saxophonist
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Dave Liebman
David Liebman (born September 4, 1946) is an American saxophonist, flautist and jazz educator. He is known for his innovative lines and use of atonality. He was a frequent collaborator with pianist Richie Beirach.
In June 2010, he received ...
, and harmonicist Hendrik Meurkens.
Awards
*Best Brazilian New Female Vocalist – Sharp Award – 1998
*Tabaiba de Oro – Spain Brazilian International Press Award – 2007
References
External links
Official websiteCarol Saboya on AllMusic
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Brazilian jazz singers
1975 births
Living people
21st-century Brazilian singers