Sutilezas rosa passos biography

Rosa Passos grew up surrounded by music in the city of Salvador, in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Rosa Passos(born April 13 1952) is a Brazilian singer and guitarist born in Bahia.
In 1958, Rosa Passos was six years old and had been playing piano for three years.

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Amazon.com With due respect to Claus Ogerman and Tom Jobim's orchestration, bossa nova music is at its most beautiful when it is stripped down. Joao Gilberto knows it, performing solo for several years now, and Rosa Passos proves it on her solo disc, the aptly titled Rosa. Coy, innocent, and playful, the full nuance of Passos's voice is in full bloom here. Even her breathing is musical, seemingly creating tension before the next line is sung, and every stretched syllable, moan, and inflection is so intimate that she seems to be on the couch next to you. Buoyant and contemplative, her acoustic guitar playing pulses with a bossa nova heartbeat. She takes on mix of originals and covers here, making each song her own even when she draws upon such non-Brazilian writers as Jorge Drexler and Keren Ann. Highlights include the heartbreaking original "Sutilezas," "Jardim," and vocal-only opener "Duas Contas." No trendy beats or new fusions, Rosa is bossa nova in its purest form. --Tad Hendrickson Product description Rosa Passos, the Brazilian guitarist/vocalist known in her native country

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In her native Brazil, Rosa Passos is known and loved as “a feminine Joao Gilberto.” For a singer/songwriter who carries the soulful cool of bossa nova into a new age, there can be no higher compliment. Mingling the classics of Gilberto, Jobim, Barroso and other masters of Brazilian song with her own enchanting works, Passos sings in a sweet, warm, totally-in-tune voice. That voice and that style, which Brazilian fans have known for years, are pleasures international audiences are now getting to know a little better.

Rosa Passos grew up surrounded by music in the city of Salvador, in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Inspired by Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim – the godfathers of bossa nova – she switched from piano to guitar and began writing her own material as a teenager. Passos’s songs (written with her longtime lyricist Fernando de Oliveira) appeared on her first recording in 1979. After taking several years off to devote herself to her husband and children, she returned to performing and recording in 1985, jump-starting a career that has be