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and

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she abandoned the instrument to become a singer. In the late 1960s, she began appearing on television and at music festivals. In 1972 she submitted the song "Mutilados" under a pseudonym to the

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's Festival Universitario and won first prize. She recorded her debut album in 1978, working with poet Fernando de Oliveira. A follow-up effort, ''Amorosa'', followed nine years later, in 1988. In the 1990s she recorded several albums of songs by her major influences. She toured Europe in 1999 with Paquito D'Rivera and on her own in Europe and Japan in 2000. In 2004, ''Amorosa'' was re-released, and attracted notice in the United States, reaching No. 7 on the ''

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'' World Music album chart. In 2008, Passos was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from

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along with

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and

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of Earth, Wind & Fire, British musician

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, and Berklee alumnus

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Discography

* ''Recriação'' (1979) * ''Amorosa'' (1988) * ''Curare'' (1991) * ''Festa'' (1993) * ''Pano Pra Manga'' (1996) * ''Letra & Música –

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'' (1997) (with Lula Galvao) * ''O melhor de Rosa Passos'' (1997) (best-of compilation) * ''Especial Tom Jobim'' (1998) * ''Rosa Passos Canta

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– 40 Anos de Bossa Nova'' (1998) * ''Morada do Samba'' (1999) * ''Rosa Passos Canta Caymmi'' (2000) * ''Me and My Heart'' (2001) * ''Eu e Meu Coração'' (2003) * ''Azul'' (2002) * ''Entre Amigos'' ( Chesky, 2003) (with

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) * ''Amorosa'' (2004) * ''Rosa Por Rosa'' (2005) * ''Rosa'' (2006) * ''Romance'' (2008) * ''É Luxo Só'' (2011) * ''Samba dobrado'' (2013) * ''Rosa Passos canta Ary, Tom e Caymmi'' (2015) As guest * '' The Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil'' (1998) (

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)

References

External links

"In Conversation with Rosa Passos"
by Tomas Peña
Jazz.com

Official Website
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