Album Notes

The band:
Sara Serpa- Voice
Jorge Reis- Alto Sax
Andre Matos- Guitar
Nelson Cascais- Bass
Bruno Pedroso- Drums

Jazz vocalist and composer Sara Serpa sings a distinctive combination of traditional and contemporary jazz, performing mostly her wordless originals where she uses her voice as an instrument. “She possesses a vocal flexibility and dexterity unlike any that I’ve witnessed in an alarmingly long time” says famous jazz musician Greg Osby.

Sara’s performances include famous venues like Hot Clube de Portugal, (Lisboa) Regatta Bar (Boston), Berklee Performance Center (Boston), Casa de la Musica (Quito).

For the past two years, Sara Serpa has shared the stage with different musicans like Andre Matos, Nelson Cascais, Jorge Reis, Bruno Pedroso, Andre Sousa Machado, Demian Cabaud, Jesse Chandler, Ferenc Nemeth, Nick Falk, Esperanza Spalding, Peter Slavov, Eric McPherson, Aruan Ortiz, Leo Genovese, Vardan Ovsepian, Eli Degibri and Greg Hopkins Jazz Orchestra.

Born in Lisboa, Portugal in 1979, Sara Serpa started her music studies very early. After the Lisboa’s National Conservatory where she studied Classical Piano and Voice, Sara entered Luis Villas Boas Jazz School (Hot Clube de Portugal) in 2002. There she had her first contact with jazz. Since then she participated in masterclasses with Lucia Lemos Michelle Hendricks, Fay Claassen, Joey Blake to name a few.

In May 2005, Sara was awarded with a Berklee College of Music Schorlaship and moved to Boston where she currently lives. At Berklee Sara studied with Hal Crook, Ed Tomassi, Dave Santoro, among others. After one year in Boston Sara was awarded with a scholarship from New England Conservatory, where she’s pursuing a Master in Jazz Performance . Her teachers include Dominique Eade, Jerry Bergonzi, Frank Carlberg, Allan Chase and George Garzone.