Paula Morelenbaum

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Regina Paula Martins Morelenbaum (born July 31, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro ; née Martins) is a Brazilian singer. She represents the Brazilian bossa nova . Together with her husband Jaques Morelenbaum , she was a member of Antônio Carlos Jobim's “Nova Banda” for ten years . As a singer she sings internationally in numerous different formations. Her voice is described as gentle, melancholy and moving.

life and work

Morelenbaum was in contact with bossa music from an early age, as her father, an architect, often played the acoustic guitar with such melodies and rhythms.

In 1980 Paula Morelenbaum sang in the vocal ensemble "Céu da Boca". From 1984 until Jobim's death in 1994, she and her husband Jaques Morelenbaum were a member of Antônio Carlos Jobim's "Nova Banda". In addition, in 1989 she also worked as a singer in the musical “Lamartine para inglêz ver” under Antonio de Bonis. The name Morelenbaum comes from her husband's Jewish-Polish origins. Morelle or sour cherry is a sour cherry with a lot of fruit acid.

Her first solo album "Paula Morelenbaum" was produced by her husband Jaques Morelenbaum and released in 1992. The album won a Sharp Music Award Brazil in 1994. In 1994 she toured Brazil with the music show “Chica-chica-boom-chic” with her own contemporary arrangements of songs by the singer Carmen Miranda .

Since the late 1990s she sang in the “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 built on the creativity and work of Antônio Carlos Jobim.

In the Trio Morelenbaum² / Sakamoto the couple Morelenbaum played together with Ryuichi Sakamoto . In 2001 the trio recorded the CD “Casa” with less well-known works by Antônio Carlos Jobim; this recording was made in Jobim's former home near Rio de Janeiro.

Paula Morelenbaum's second solo album, "Berimbaum", was released in 2004, a tribute to the Brazilian poet Vinícius de Moraes . All lyrics come from him, who stands out among the song poets in Brazil. The music, on the other hand, includes new sounds, a mixture of bossa with electronics. The album name Berimbaum is a play on words made up of berimbau (a one-stringed musical bow) and Morelenbaum. The album Telecoteco , which followed in 2008, is thanks to a Brazilian scene word from the 1950s for "swing". In terms of content, it sprang from Morelenbaum's research into the bossa songs of the 1940s and 1950s. In terms of style and music, it is again an integration of acoustic and electronic sounds.

The singer has toured many times in Germany with the trio band made up of trumpeter Joo Kraus and pianist Ralf Schmid , who recorded the album Bossarenova in 2009 . Among other things, she performed at the Bardentreffen Nuremberg festival in 2011 , as well as with her husband and Sakamoto as a trio.

Paula Morelenbaum is the mother of a daughter born in 1996.

Discography (selection)

  • Céu da Boca: Céu da Boca , 1981 LP (Polygram)
  • Céu da Boca: Barato Valley , 1982 LP (Polygram)
  • Nova Banda: Amzonas Família Jobim , 1991 (MoviePlay / Som Livre)
  • Paula Morelenbaum: Paula Morelenbaum , 1992 (Independente / Camerati)
  • Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum: Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum , 1999 (Velas / Sony Music)
  • Céu da Boca: Millennium , 2000 (Universal Music)
  • Morelenbaum² / Sakamoto: Casa , 2001 (Kab / Universal Music)
  • Morelenbaum² / Sakamoto: Live in Tokyo 2001 , 2001 (Warner Music Japan)
  • Morelenbaum² / Sakamoto: A Day in New York , 2003 (Kab / Universal Music / Sony Classical) - Tim Brazilian Music Award 2004
  • Paula Morelenbaum: Berimbaum , 2004 (Mirante / Farol Musica / Universal Music)
  • Paula Morelenbaum: Telecoteco , 2008
  • Paula Morelenbaum / SWR Big Band : Bossarenova , 2009 ( Skip Records )
  • Paula Morelenbaum / João Donato: Agua , 2011 (Skip Records)
  • Atlantico , 2020, Skip Records

Web links

Sources, individual references

  1. ↑ a b Paula Morelenbaum - "Bossa Nova is big in me!" Jazzdimensions , interview with the singer, October 21, 2010, accessed September 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Paula Morelenbaum. A life in the rhythm of bossa nova. Folk! , No. 6/2006, review of the CD Berimbaum .
  3. ↑ CD review on Morelenbaum² / Sakamoto: Casa. Radio Bremen ( Memento from January 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).
  4. ^ Morelenbaum² / Sakamoto. Kultura-extra.de, September 18, 2002.
  5. ^ Paula Morelenbaum (BR). Bardentreffen.de, May 26, 2011 ( Memento from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Morelenbaum, Paula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morelenbaum, Regina Paula Martins (real name); Martins, Paula (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro