Praia, by Sara Serpa

Praia

by Sara Serpa

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zoot39 Perfect pitch, little,or no vibrato and a wonderful harmonic sense combine to produce a generational talent with a penchant for vocalese.

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1.	The Weddding Present 05:54	info	buy track
2.	10 Long Days of Rain 07:10	info	buy track
3.	80 Anos 07:11	info	buy track
4.	Folhas 06:09	info	buy track
5.	Hole in My Heart 06:20	info	buy track
6.	Saudades Vossas 04:39		buy track
7.	Praia 06:54	info	buy track
8.	Babysitter's Playground 08:47	info	buy track
9.	Space 06:18	info	buy track

about

Art cover by Filipa Barradas

This album is a collection of songs written in between Lisboa and Boston. It reflects my adaptation to USA, to a different life with new people, and also my feelings of longing for my landscapes, friends and family.

Moving to Boston in 2005, was a turning point in my life. Having had the opportunity to meet so many inspiring teachers/ musicians and to have the time and space to learn, share, compose and play with others was definitely something I will never forget.

The desire of recording an album has been with me for a while, but there was never the right moment and too many questions without good answers (where, with whom, what, how?). I didn’t want to force anything and always thought that the right moment would come. Everything flowed naturally- by the end of 2007 I had already enough material to record and had found the right musicians in Boston that gave so much life and shape to my music. So…we went in studio on January 31st 2008. It was really cold outside.

“Praia” (“beach” in English) was written after a Winter break spent in Portugal. When returning to the US, it was so cold in Boston and I had left such a warm and sunny Portugal… my thoughts were all on a beach walk that I had done a couple of days before- the sea breeze, the vastness of the sand, the sky, and the sun light were so amazing. The tune was all developed, based on its first chords, an idea that I had written down a month before. Very quickly it was finished.

credits

released October 1, 2008

Sara Serpa (voice), Greg Osby (alto sax), André Matos (guitar), Vardan Ovsepian (piano), John Lockwood (bass), Nick Falk (drums)

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Sara Serpa New York, New York

Singer | Composer
Lisboa | Harlem

saraserpa.com

discography

Intimate Strangers

Dec 2021
Recognition

Jun 2020
Close Up

Mar 2018
All The Dreams

Sep 2016
Kitano Noir

May 2015
Coast to Coast (EP)

Dec 2013
Aurora (Clean Feed)

Oct 2012
MOBILE

Sep 2011
Camera Obscura

Sep 2010
Praia

Oct 2008

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