Carmen Souza
Carmen Souza | |
---|---|
![]() Carmen Souza, 2014 | |
Background information | |
Born | 20 May 1981 |
Origin | Lisbon, Portugal |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 1999–present |
Website | carmensouza |
Carmen Souza (born 1981) is a Portuguese jazz singer and songwriter of Cape Verdean heritage. She combines traditional forms of Cape Verde with contemporary and traditional jazz.
Biography
Carmen Souza was born in
In 1999, Souza began partnering with
Her debut album, released in 2005, titled Ess ê nha Cabo Verde,
Souza chose to donate half of the proceeds of her 2012 album Duo (also known as London Acoustic Set) to charity.[13] Most of the album was recorded at the Green Note Club in London with two tracks which had been produced in 2010 at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. All of the tracks had been previously released on her other albums, but all were new, live interpretations.[14] Kachupada, named after a type of Cape Verdean food, kachupa, was her fifth album and was released the following year.[5] Kachupada includes her version of two jazz classics, "Donna Lee" and "My Favorite Things".[2] She followed with an album released in 2014 called Live at Lagny Jazz Festival which features musicians Ben Burrell on piano, Elias Kacomanolis on drums and percussion, and her music partner Pas'cal, playing acoustic and electric bass. Souza's accolades for the album included "one of the most talented and innovative vocalists in the present-day jazz and world music scene".[15] Souza resides in London.[10]
Live performances
The positive response to her first album led to international recognition, when she performed at the World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival (WOMAD) held that year in Reading, Berkshire, England.[6] She performed in Ireland at the Farmleigh Affair Festival in 2008, despite the bad weather[16] and the following year was noted for bringing "a sultry jazz swing to the bluesy morna of her Cape Verde Islands homeland" in a Toronto performance which was part of a North American tour.[17] In 2010, she played at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, the London African Music Festival, and the Leverkusener Jazztage Festival, in Leverkusen. In Leverkusen, Souza was one of the headliners and her performance was later broadcast by Westdeutscher Rundfunk/3SAT TV.[6] Souza performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in 2011[18] and at the Kriol Jazz Festival in Praia, Cape Verde, in 2013.[11][4] Later that same year, she performed at the WOMAD Festival in Cáceres: her first visit to Spain. She toured afterwards in Barcelona, Madrid, and Zaragoza [4] before an appearance at the Regattabar in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2] Carmen Souza performed on 23 June 2016 at the Gibraltar World Music Festival in St. Michael's Cave.[19]
Discography
- Ess ê nha Cabo Verde (Jazzpilon, 2005)
- Protegid (Jazzpilon/Galileo Music Communication, 2010)
- Verdade (Jazzpilon/Galileo Music Communication, 2010)
- London Acoustic Set (Jazzpilon/Galileo Music Communication, 2011)
- Kachupada (Jazzpilon/Galileo Music Communication, 2012)
- Live at Lagny Jazz Festival (Jazzpilon/Galileo Music Communication, 2013)
- Epistola (Jazzpilon/Galileo Music Communication, 2015)
- Creology (Jazzpilon/Galileo Music Communication, 2017)
- The Silver Messengers (Jazzpilon/Galileo Music Communication, 2019)
- Interconnectedness (Jazzpilon/Galileo Music Communication, 2022)
Guest appearances
- 2016 "Os Rios Da Tribo" Marta Dias feat. Carmen Souza - Album: Quantas Tribos (Label: BigBit [20]
Awards
- 2013 Cape Verde Music Awards (best morna and best female vocalist)[2]
- 2017 Silver Medal for Cultural Merit awarded by the Cape Verdean Government
References
- ^ Palop News 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Mitter 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Domínguez 2015.
- ^ a b c d de los Santos 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Murph 2013b, p. 23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kennedy Center 2011.
- ^ a b The Dover Express 2010.
- ^ Murph 2010.
- ^ Arenas 2011, p. 101.
- ^ a b SF Jazz 2011.
- ^ a b Murph 2013a.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Carmen Souza | Song for my father | Satellit Café PARIS (2010). YouTube.
- ^ BBC 2012.
- ^ WOMEX 2012.
- ^ Romero 2014.
- ^ Irish Times 2008.
- ^ Toronto Star 2009.
- ^ Righthand 2011.
- ^ ""Obrigado" is theme of Gibraltar World Music Festival". GBC. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ Romero, Angel (27 August 2017). "Captivating Music and Poetry of Sao Tome and Principe | World Music Central.org". Retrieved 11 September 2020.
Sources
- Arenas, Fernando (2011). Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-6983-7.
- de los Santos, Alejandro (9 May 2013). "Carmen Souza: "Pienso que las oportunidades se las crea uno mismo" (in Spanish). Afribuku. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- Domínguez, Javier (27 April 2015). "Carmen Souza: "El jazz es improvisación a tiempo real"" (in Spanish). Spain: Wiriko. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- Mitter, Siddhartha (13 June 2013). "Carmen Souza Gives Cape Verdean Sounds a Jazz Twist". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- Murph, John (13 July 2010). "Carmen Souza: Window To Another World". NPR Music. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- Murph, John (6 May 2013). "Souza, LaVette Sparkle at Kriol Jazz Fest in Cape Verde". Down Beat. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- Murph, John (October 2013). "Carmen Souza, Recipe for Artistic Success". Downbeat Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- Righthand, Jess (2 October 2011). "Free and easy: Taste of DC, 'Downtown 81'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- Romero, Angel (3 April 2014). "Carmen Souza Live at Lagny Jazz Festival". World Music Central. Durham, North Carolina. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "Carmen Souza - Live at Lagny Jazz Festival!!". Zofingen, Switzerland: Basitours. 12 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "Africa Beats: Cape Verdean singer Carmen Souza performs her song Ind'feso". BBC. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- "Centre Has African Sou l". The Dover Express. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
- "Jim Carrollon Music". The Irish Times. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2016 – via EBSCO.
- "Carmen Souza". Washington, DC: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- "Carmen Souza na herança musical de Cabo Verde" (in Portuguese). London, England: Palop News. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- "Carmen Souza". SFJazz. 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- "Spying on Spears". Toronto Star. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2016 – via EBSCO.
- ""London acoustic set"—Carmen Souza Duo". WOMEX. 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
External links
Media related to Carmen Souza at Wikimedia Commons
- Discography
- Song for my Father (video)