Sabrina Malheiros (born 1979) is a Brazilian

música popular brasileira (, ''Brazilian Popular Music'') or MPB is a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music in Brazil that revisits typical Brazilian styles such as samba, samba-canção and Baião (music), baião and other Brazilian regional music, combining them ...

(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 () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or ...

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

Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...

and

Céu Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças (born 17 April 1980), known professionally by the mononym Céu (), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose first American album was released on the Six Degrees Records label in April 2007. Early life and educati ...

.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

Azymuth Azymuth is a Brazilian jazz-funk group formed in 1973. The original lineup was a trio composed of José Roberto Bertrami ( keyboards), Alex Malheiros (bass, guitars), and Ivan Conti (drums, percussion). Kiko Continentino joined the group in 20 ...

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

João Gilberto João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he w ...

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

Far Out Recordings Far Out Recordings is a UK-based record label specialising in but not limited to the music of Brazil. It was founded in the mid-1990s and is run by DJ, entrepreneur and producer Joe Davis. Music released on the label extends from samba, jazz, ...

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 – Iemanjá (The Female Water Spirit) (12") Remix * 2004 – Estação Verão (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 Ninguém (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 Terçeira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar (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 singer-songwriters 21st-century Brazilian women singers