Malia (singer)

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Malia
Malia
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Yellow daffodils
  DE 74 04/21/2003 (4 weeks)
  AT 51 05/11/2003 (4 weeks)
Black Orchid
  DE 45 01/27/2012 (2 weeks)
  CH 92 01/29/2012 (2 weeks)
Convergence (with Boris Blank )
  DE 24 02/07/2014 (5 weeks)
  AT 39 02/07/2014 (2 weeks)
  CH 12 02/02/2014 (4 weeks)

Malia (* 1978 in Malawi ) is a jazz singer.

Live and act

Malia's mother is from Malawi and the father is British. As a teenager, she moved to London from her home country and began to sing. In 2001 she happened to hear a song by the French Liane Foly in New York and was so fascinated that she got in touch with the composer and producer of the song, André Manoukian , and has since released three albums with him. Her debut album Yellow Daffodils , released in 2002, was well received by critics and audiences and brought her her first chart success. In 2004 the second album Echoes of Dreams followed , in 2007 the third album Young Bones . Her fourth album Black Orchid pays homage to Nina Simone .

Malia's style of singing, which is oriented towards cool jazz , successfully flirts with styles from the 1960s and 1970s. Her role models include Billie Holiday , Sarah Vaughan and Nina Simone. In 2003 her video clip for the maxi CD Purple Shoes (Sony BMG) caused quite a stir , in which she strolled through the city singing, wearing only these shoes. In 2004 Malia was nominated nationally / internationally for the German music award Echo in the category Jazz Production of the Year.

Albums

  • Yellow Daffodils (2002)
  • Echoes of Dreams (2004)
  • Young Bones (2007)
  • Black Orchid (2011)
  • Convergence (Malia & Boris Blank , 2014)
  • Malawi Blues / Njira ( MPS , 2016)
  • Ripples (Echoes of Dreams) (MPS, 2018)
  • The Garden Of Eve (MPS, 2020)

  • Malia at the Jazzfest Open Air in Vienna

  • Jazz Festival Vienna 2007 (Malia, on the Keys: Manoukian)

  • Malia at the concert in Frankfurter Hof, Mainz

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland
  2. ↑ Malia Jazz Singer (Eng.)

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personal data
SURNAME Malia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-Malawian jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Malawi