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TAMARA MARIA

Dutch Lady of Bossa Nova

About Me

Tamara Maria's performance in front of 3000 people TAMARA MARIA JUST FINISHED HER DEBUT ALBUM ! some reviews: I can't remember the last time I put on an album and listened to it from start to finish. Excellence is the only way to approach a project like this and get away with it with any credibility and this CD is indeed excellent in so many ways. This album walks a fine line between convention and a very contemporary progressive edge and as a result I'm sure it will have a broad appeal. I congratulate everyone involved for demonstrating their obvious love for this genre and the ingenuity in creating some nice twists that bring freshness to material that could so easily have been tired re-runs of safe classics.DJ Graham B._____ Your Project is so fantastic and perfect for Smoothjazz.com. Here are the songs we are spinning on SmoothLounge.com: "Bim Bom", "Garota de Ipanema" and "O Barquinho"...we are also considering "Gingele" and "Pela Praia"!Jamie Trent, www.smoothjazz.com_____Your CD is great overall. It was rotating in my car stereo for the past week, after I received it (it was hard to get it out).Paulo Amaral, Radio Brazil Moods, Portugal_____Congratulations for your CD, your voice, the arrangements...I’ve enjoyed a lot. The idea of recording your next album in Rio is great. You can count on me.Antonio Adolfo, composer arranger pianist Rio de Janeiro_____I listened carefully to your music and it is great !Oliver Belz, manager of Ju Ju Orchestra, Hamburg_____Recebemos seu belo CD, sim! Maravilhoso! Parabéns pelo trabalho!! E você está linda! Quero saber quando vem para cá cantar essa música :)Paulo Miranda, Eventos Cultural Santa Teresa_____Your CD is very nice and the graphics are great. I trust that my listeners will like your music as well.Jeannie, online Brazilian Music Radio Station bossa2nova, US_____

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/6/2006
Band Website: tamaramaria.com
Band Members: DEBUT ALBUM TAMARA MARIATracklist : 1) Bim Bom &nbsp ft Martin Verdonk; 2) Madalena 3) Fotografia 4) Desafinado5) O Barquinho &nbsp ; 6) A Rã &nbsp ft Praful ; 7) Detour to Soho/Samba do soho &nbsp ft Wouter Hamel;8) Começar de Novo &nbsp ft Cor Bakker ;9) Garota de Ipanema10) Gingele11) Pela Praia Total Playing Time: 51:16:55Produced by Tamara Maria www.tamaramaria.com Recorded and mixed at POWER SOUND STUDIO Engineered by Paul PouwerAcoustic Productions were arranged by Maarten van der Grinten - respect -Electro productions were produced and recorded by Alain Eskinasi - Eskinasi - respect - ProductionsMastered by Darius van Helfteren Wisseloord Studio's, Hilversum LINE UP Tamara Maria (vocals) Maarten van der Grinten (guitars), Charly Angenois (bass), Enrique Firpi (drums), Bart Fermie (percussion), Alain Eskinasi (electronic percussion & drum programming, synthesizers, keyboards, guitar) FEATURING: Cor Bakker (piano), Wouter Hamel (vocals), Praful (flutes, saxes), Hermine Deurloo (harmonica), Martin Verdonk (percussion)(details inside booklet)SLIDE SHOW : THE MAKING OF THE ALBUM
Influences: Joao Gilberto, Elis Regina, Azymuth, George Duke, Marcos Valle, Bebel Gilberto, DJ Patife, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Anita O'Day, Flora Purim, Diana Krall, Herbie Hancock, Leila Pinheiro, Rosa Passos, Zelia Duncan, Sergio Mendes, etc.
Sounds Like: warm intimate soulful exotic jazzy bossa
Record Label: I'm looking for licensing worldwide !
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Wouter Hamel & TM sings : Samba do Soho

Yes, Wouter Hamel sings also Bossa Nova ! In fact he sings a wonderful duet "Samba do Soho" with Dutch First Lady of Bossa Nova : Tamara Maria. Listen to the second song in my music player on this pag...
Posted by TAMARA MARIA on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:10:00 PST

my other projects

www.loungelady.com for live act / downtempo clubmusic
Posted by TAMARA MARIA on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:13:00 PST

Atravessar is the song I recently sung and wrote for Jazz Juice !

JAZZ JUICE ATRAVESSAR freestyle records, UK   Clocking up their 4th single for Freestyle, Jazz Juice return once more with a 12" sampler for their forthcoming album 52nd Street. Having wowed DJs ...
Posted by TAMARA MARIA on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:57:00 PST