Cantorias

it can rightly be called a spectacular combination: luciana souza, generally considered as one of the leading voices in jazz, and trio corrente, which has been causing one sensation after another in brazilian music. together they made the album cometa, with energetic sambas and originals. the album exudes a feeling of hope and joy and was inspired by the timeless collaboration between elis regina and trio zimbo. luciana souza grew up in são paulo as the daughter of poet teresa souza and singer-songwriter walter santos souza, leading figures in the bossa nova movement. as a vocalist she continues to innovate and at the same time pay tribute to legendary brazilian songwriters such as jobim and gilberto gil. coming from the sizzling são paulo scene as well, the virtuoso trio corrente has won a grammy for best latin jazz album for song for maura, their collaboration with paquito d’rivera.

'izaline calister makes history at bimhuis', headlined the nrc in 2000 following the cd presentation of her debut album in our venue. as a crowning achievement of her career, the singer now returns after exactly 25 years with a new program combining her most beautiful songs and new music. calister's music is a fusion between the traditional music of her birth island curaçao and jazz with afro-caribbean influences. her body of work connects language regions through translations and her own versions of dutch and curaçaoan songs. she has released nine cds under her own name; has many hits in curaçao and aruba; has been honored with an edison award (2009) and was knighted (2018) for her work and the attention to our slavery past in her music theater performances. 'this tumba queen sang captivating antillean songs. she added jazz and salsa, walked barefoot as always, and thus made the ode to the chopin of curaçao passionate.' (nrc)