Paula Morelenbaum
Regina Paula Martins Morelenbaum ( born July 31, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro; born Martins ) is a Brazilian singer. It represents the Brazilian Bossa Nova. Together with her husband Jaques Morel tree she was ten years a member of the " novada Banda " by Antonio Carlos Jobim. As a singer she sings internationally in many different formations. Her voice is described as gentle, melancholic and poignant.
Life and work
From an early age Morel tree was in contact with Bossa music because her father, an architect, often played the acoustic guitar with such melodies and rhythms.
Paula Morelenbaum sang in 1980 at the vocal ensemble " Céu da Boca ". From 1984 to 1994 she was Jobim's death along with her husband Jaques Morelenbaum member of the " novada Banda " by Antonio Carlos Jobim. In addition, she appeared in 1989 as a singer in the musical " Lamartine Inglez para ver" under Antonio de Bonis with. The name Morel tree comes from the Polish-Jewish origin of her husband. The Morello or sour cherry is a sour cherry with lots of fruit acid.
Her first solo album " Paula Morel tree " was produced by her husband Jaques Morel tree and published in 1992. The album won a Sharp Music Awards Brazil 1994. In 1994, she toured Brazil with the music show " Chica - chica- boom- chic" with its own contemporary arrangements of songs the singer Carmen Miranda.
Since the late 1990s, she sang in " Quarteto Jobim - Morelenbaum " with her husband Jaques (cello), Jobim's son Paulo (guitar and vocals) and Jobim's grandson Daniel ( piano and vocals). The repertoire was based on the creation and work of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
In the trio Morelenbaum ² / Sakamoto, the couple Morel tree made music together with Ryuichi Sakamoto. The trio played in 2001, the CD " Casa" with lesser known works Antônio Carlos Jobim one; this recording was made in the former home Jobim near Rio de Janeiro.
The second solo album by Paula Morel tree " Berimbaum " appeared in 2004, a Achtungsbezeugung to the Brazilian poet Vinícius de Moraes and guitarist. All texts were written by him, who stands out among the Song poet of Brazil. The music, however, includes new sounds, a mixture of Bossa with electronics. The album name is a play on words from Berimbaum berimbau, a single-stringed musical bow and Morel tree together. The 2008 follow-up album Telecoteco is a Brazilian scene of the 1950 - word for " Swing" owe. Its content Morel sprang tree exploration of bossa songs of the 1940s and 1950s. Stylistically, the music again, it is an integration of acoustic and electronic sounds.
The singer was with the trio band from trumpeter Joo Kraus and pianist Ralf Schmid, who in 2009 had the album Bossa Renova played, often on tour in Germany. Among other things, she joined in 2011 at the Festival Bardentreffen Nuremberg, as well as with her husband and Sakamoto Trio, or a full orchestra at the Bossa Brasil Festival 2012 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Paula Morel tree is the mother of a daughter born in 1996.
Discography (selection)
- Céu da Boca: Céu da Boca, 1981 LP ( Polygram )
- Céu da Boca: Baratotal, 1982 LP ( Polygram )
- Nova Banda: Amzonas Família Jobim, 1991 ( Movie Play / Som Livre )
- Paula Morel Tree: Paula Morelenbaum, 1992 ( Independente / Camerati )
- Quarteto Jobim - Morelenbaum: Quarteto Jobim - Morelenbaum, 1999 ( Velas / Sony Music)
- Céu da Boca Millennium, 2000 ( Universal Music )
- Morelenbaum ² / Sakamoto: Casa, 2001 ( Kab / Universal Music)
- Morelenbaum ² / Sakamoto: Live in Tokyo 2001, 2001 ( Warner Music Japan )
- Morelenbaum ² / Sakamoto: A Day in New York, 2003 ( Kab / Universal Music / Sony Classical) - Tim Brazilian Music Award 2004
- Paula Morel Tree: Berimbaum, 2004 ( Mirante / Farol Musica / Universal Music)
- Paula Morel Tree: Telecoteco, 2008
- Paula Morel tree / SWR Big Band Bossa Renova, 2009
- Paula Morel tree / João Donato: Agua, 2011