Sara Serpa

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Sara Serpa (born February 27, 1979 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese jazz musician ( vocals , piano ).

Live and act

As a teenager, Serpa received classical piano and vocal training. After graduating from college in social work , she turned to jazz and continued her education in the music school attached to Lisbon's Hot Clube de Portugal . After graduating, she moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music and then at the New England Conservatory , where she earned a Masters in Jazz Performance in 2008 . She then moved to New York to work in the local jazz scene; In 2008 she presented her debut album Praia (Inner Circle), on which u. a. Greg Osby participated. In the field of jazz she was involved in 20 recording sessions between 2005 and 2017, including a. with Danilo Pérez ( Providencia ), Ran Blake ( Aurora , 2012) and the Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra .

In 2019 she was the winner in the category Rising Star-Female Vocalist at the Down Beat Critics Poll. Serpa is married to the guitarist André Matos.

Discographic notes

  • Greg Osby: Nine Levels (Inner Circle, 2008), with Adam Birnbaum , Nir Felder , Joseph Lepore , Hamir Atwal
  • Praia (2008)
  • Ran Blake & Sara Serpa: Camera Obscura (Inner Circle, 2010)
  • Mobile (Inner Circle, 2010), with Kris Davis , André Matos , Ben Street , Ted Poor
  • Sara Serpa & André Matos: Primavera (Inner Circle, 2013)
  • Ran Blake & Sara Serpa: Kitano noir (Sunnyside, 2015)
  • Close Up (Clean Feed, 2018)
  • Recognition: Music For a Silent Film (Biophilia Records, 2020)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sara Serpa: A Musical Journey (All About Jazz)
  2. ^ Review of the album Aurora (2012) in JazzTimes
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography
  4. ↑ In lockdown with… vocalist Sara Serpa. London Jazz News, May 25, 2020, accessed May 26, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Meeting (PopMatters)
personal data
SURNAME Serpa, Sara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese jazz musician (vocals, piano)
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon