Sabrina Malheiros (born 1979) is a Brazilian MPB singer/songwriter. Her music has been described as " nu bossa", combining

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beats with

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and

samba Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havin ...

influences and "cool, detached-sounding vocals",Siobhan Murphy
"Sabrina Malheiros brings hip-swaying bossa nova"
''Metro'' (1 September 2008) and critics have compared her to Brazilian contemporaries

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and

Céu Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças, known professionally as Céu (; born 17 April 1980), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose first American album was released on the Six Degrees Records label in April 2007. Career life She was born in São Pa ...

.Mark Hudson
"Pop CDs of the week: Céu, Sabrina Malheiros, Sharleen Spiteri and more..."
''Telegraph'' (12 July 2008)Jane Cornwell
Sabrina Malheiros is born to bossa"
''London Evening Standard'' (3 September 2008)

Biography

Malheiros was born in the city of

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."Sabrina Malheiros: Biography"
''Last.fm'' She is the daughter of

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bassist

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.Lloyd Bradley
"Jazz/funk with a Latin flavour – like the best from Al Di Meola and Johnny Hammond"
''BBC'' (12 November 2009) She was interested in music from a young age, enrolled in music school at age six, and made her first studio recording before age seven. She cites

and

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as early influences on her musical style. Malheiros's first commercially distributed recording was the title track of Azymuth's 1991 album '' Curumim'', on which she sang lead vocals. Her debut album, ''Equilibria'', was released in 2005. Malheiros wrote or co-wrote nine tracks on the album. Her second album, ''New Morning'', was released in 2008 and was arranged by

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. Both albums were produced by Daniel Maunick and released on the

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label. A remastered and partially reworked "Deluxe Edition" of ''New Morning'' was released in 2009, containing a few extra tracks and an increased emphasis on instrumentation. Malheiros made her UK concert debut on 18 May 2005 at Jazz Cafe in

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."18 May Sabrina Malheiros Jazz Cafe 7pm"
"flyglobalmusic.com"

Discography

Albums

*2005: ''Equilibria'' *2006: ''Vibrasons'' *2008: ''New Morning'' *2009: ''New Morning (Deluxe Edition)'' *2011: ''Dreaming'' * 2017: ''Clareia''

Singles and EPs

* 2003 – Iemanja (The Mermaid) (12") Remix * 2004 – Estacao Verao (Kenny Dope Remixes) (12") Remix * 2005 – Equilibria (Álbum Sampler) (12") Remix * 2005 – Maracatueira (Incognito Remixes) (12") Remix * 2005 – Passa / Capoeira Vai (12") Remix * 2006 – Terra De Ninguem (Nicola Conte Rework) (12") Remix * 2008 – Connexão (12") Remix"Discography"
"discogs.com" * 2015 – Opará (12") (Ashley Beedle's Africanz On Marz Remix) * 2017 – Clareia Remixes (12") (Henry Wu, Dego-2000 Black & IG Culture Remixes)

Featuring

* 1990 – Curumim – Azymuth (CD) Intima Records * 1998 – Pieces of Ipanema – Azymuth (CD, LP) Far Out Records * 2000 – A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolivar (Film/DVD) – Soundtrack * 2001 – V – United Future Organization (CD, LP) Exceptional Records * 2002 – Superágua – Superágua (CD) Zoo Records * 2004 – Brazilian Soul – Azymuth (CD) Far Out Recordings * 2009 – The Wave – Alex Malheiros & Banda Utopia Feat. Sabrina Malheiros (CD, LP) Far Out Recordings * 2009 – Brazilika – Gilles Peterson (CD, LP) Far Out Recordings * 2011 – Aurora – Azymuth (CD, LP) Far Out Recordings * 2012 – Clementine Sun – Khari Cabral Simmons Dome Records * 2015 – Muriel (Série Deluxe) – Sean Khan (CD) Far Out Recordings *2018 – Palmares Fantasy (feat. Hermeto Pascoal) – Sean Khan (CD, LP) Far Out Recordings

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Malheiros, Sabrina 1979 births Living people Música Popular Brasileira singers Far Out Recordings artists 21st-century Brazilian singers 21st-century Brazilian women singers