Mônica Vasconcelos

b. 13 November 1966, São Paulo, Brazil. A warm and expressive vocalist, Vasconcelos started her musical profession in the night clubs of her home-town. Shifting to London, Britain in 1992, she continuing to sing and shaped Nóis definitely (indicating ‘Us’), her support music group, in 1994. She was became a member of by Brazilian guitarist Ife Tolentino alongside English jazz music artists including keyboard participant Steve Lodder (most widely known for his use Andy Sheppard) and trombonist Paul Nieman. The ensemble’s distinctively Brazilian fusion of bossa and jazz discovered full manifestation on Vasconcelos’ 1997 debut, combining original material, quite definitely in the traditional Brazilian design, with cover variations of tracks by Djavan, Ivan Linns, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Milton Nascimento. The 1999 follow-up Nóisdois presented a greater variety of designs including excursions into jazzy ballads, the music of Brazil’s Bahain area and also a rap. In the brand new millennium, Vasconcelos started carrying out with Tolentino, Ingrid Laubrock (b. 1970, Stadtlohn, Germany; vocals/saxophone) and Chris Wells (b. Britain; drums) in Nóis definitely4.