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Vanessa Falabella was born in the state of Minas Gerais (which has produced many Brazilian musical legends including Milton Nascimento), Vanessa sings everything from traditional samba and bossa nova, to jazz, MPB (Brazilian popular music), R&B, and soul.

Born into a family of actors, writers and painters, the Brazilian native started as a child, doing commercials, voice overs and jingles for Radio and TV, while listening to ‘mpb’, bossa nova, samba, jazz, funk and soul. “There were so many influences and music around me and I wanted to learn everyone’s sound.” After high school, Falabella decided to take voice and English lessons in New York. After a short while she started to do studio and club work. That experience lead her to a great number of recordings with artists such as Gato Barbieri, Philippe Saisse, Sadao Watanabe, Cyro Baptista, Jason Miles, Will Lee, Eumir Deodato, Rick Braun as well as an EMI group project called Criara, with great film score producers Frank Ferrucci and Scott Lehrer. Vanessa Falabella’ 1995 debut with Rain Forest Band, brought to life the opportunity of writing a joint work, with two great Brazilian musicians Magrus and Claudio Spiewak in Miami. That was registered in one CD, released independently. She also wrote tunes with Rob Bargad, Ragh, Luca Mundaca, Zooga Mallaga, Tony Cedras, Frank Ferrucci and other fine songwriters.

Vanessa has performed at New York’s top venues including SOB’s, Town Hall, The Supper Club, Cafe Wha, Joe’s Pub, and Zinc Bar. While in New York, Vanessa developed both a Brazilian-Latin and American following. Her Brazil Nights at Cafe Wha shows attracted a large audience, playing to packed house every Monday night in Greenwich Village for nearly 3 years. She opened for Bob Dylan’s Brazilian Tour, performed at the Taste of Jazz Festival in Miami, and has traveled the world as a featured performer. In Brazil, she has recorded soundtracks for some of the famous Brazilian television “novelas” as well as commercials including a Brazilian Presidential Campaign. She has two albums released: “Vibe” and “Falabella de Cartola 100 Años”. The latter is her tribute to one of Brazil’s most respected songwriter, Angenor de Oliveira, known as CARTOLA (Portuguese for top hat), (October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a figure in the development of samba.

One of the truly great Brazilian vocalists in the current jazz scene, Vanessa Falabella has a range and a repertoire that is as great as her charm and charisma.

Standout Tracks “Superstition” & “I Wanna Be Where You Are”..

Format : CD
Number of Discs : 1
Release Date : Oct 16, 2007
Label :	Phantom
Genre : Jazz

Track List:
01. Superstition (3:58)
02. Don't Stop The Dance (4:47)
03. I Wanna Be Where You Are (4:03)
04. Lotta Love (3:48)
05. Change The World (3:50)
06. Kiss On My List (4:29)
07. For The Love Of You (Part 1 & 2) (3:35)
08. My Love (3:39)
09. Over My Shoulder (4:29)
10. Love Will Keep Us Together (3:48)
11. Only A Dream In Rio (5:13)
12. Sunny (3:42)
13. My Cherie Amour (3:39)
14. Heaven Knows (2:15)
15. Never There (Lounge Version) (2:53)

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