Simply Bossa

Adriana Rios was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the age of eight, she moved to the United States and divided her time between the two countries. She began her classical music studies at the age of eleven, playing the flute, and continued until she entered university. She graduated with honors from The College of William and Mary, (Va. USA) with a degree in Latin American Studies and left the US for Europe. There, she returned to her musical inclinations, singing, playing the flute and percussion with different Brazilian music groups in numerous jazz clubs in various cities of Greece, Italy, and France.

Bossa Nova specifically demands of the singer a quota of musicality, sensuality and moderation that not all achieve. Nonetheless, singer Adriana Rios, owner of a marvellously perfect pitch for this genre, knows these codes to spare. And she shows it in this Simply Bossa…There are also songs written by the singer herself (Amanda no Frevo, Tell Me When and Casual Affair, the last two in collaboration with Guillermo Reuter and Agustin Pereyra Lucena). Musicians like Leandro Braga, Joao Lyra, Alejandro Santos, Ze Nogueira and Roberto Menescal participate in the CD. An impeccable work.

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Adriana Rios, Bossa, Female Vocal, Jazz, Simply Bossa