A singer who reworks standards and writes originals from Havana to New York.
For a quick sense of her range, try 'Brigas Nunca Mais' or 'Blue In Green', one's a bossa nova rework, the other a Miles Davis tune she makes her own.
Her version of 'Afro Blue' on her 2001 debut showed how she could take a jazz standard and make it feel rooted in Havana. Songs like 'Tierra Movida' and 'Como Un Poeta' keep that Afro-Cuban pulse alive while letting her voice stretch into R&B phrasing. She's worked with everyone from Chucho Valdés to Carlos Santana, but the music always circles back to those Cuban traditions.
She started singing in Havana clubs in the late 1990s, then put out 'Afro Blue' in 2001. Albums like 'Migration' in 2005 and 'I Have a Song' in 2012 followed, with collaborations ranging from bassist Carlos Sarduy to percussionist Joel Hierrezuelo. The recordings have kept a steady focus on Cuban musical forms, even as she's worked with different players.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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