Tita Lima

• country:Brazil
• region:Southern Brazil
• style(s):Brazilian
• label:Belu Music
• type:Band, Composer/Songwriter
• gender:female
• instrumentation:vocal
• artist posted by:PMG Cultura

Line up

• Tita Lima (vocals)

Links

• Promo website
• official website
• Myspace

TITA LIMA:

"Freshly squeezed and just the
right side of avant garde. I love
this stuff"
- Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio)

"The Brazil the world wants"
- Rolling Stone (Brazil)

"The fresh new voice for 2007"
- Straight No Chaser

"Tita Lima has created a delight-
fully eclectic yet very palpable
blend of musical compositions
and performances with a smooth
and soulful, yet rhythmic style that
is already drawing comparisons to
Sade and Norah Jones."
- Jazz News

"Tita Lima has that excellent,
relaxing, sensual voice that blesses
your Sunday morning. "
- Groove Academy


NEWS:
WOMEX - SPAIN
Tita Lima just got selected to represent Brazilian Music at this very important event - Oct.2007

BIOGRAPHY:

MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS

Tita Lima: Brasileira, paulistana, singer and composer brings us her mixture of MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), Samba-Jazz, Bossa Nova, Hip-Hop and Dub.

Born into a family of musicians, music came to Tita Lima naturally. She learned to play the piano with her grandmother and later the bass with
her father, the bass player for the 70s rock band "Os Mutantes".

Tita also studied in Los Angeles' MI (Musician's Institute) and has paid her dues in Sao Paulo's musical scene playing bass, singing and sharing the stage with widely-recognized artists such as Bocato (Metalurgia, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Maria Rita), Joao Donato, Luz de Caroline, Nucleo and Dori Caymmi, among many others.

She now joyously embarks on this, the journey of her first solo recording titled "11:11", one in which she gathers a host of excellent musicians and producers from Brazil and the United States including Apollo 9 (ex-Planet Hemp, producer for Otto and Seu Jorge), Andre Caccia Bava, Kassin, JJ (Jorge Ben), Beto Cascales (Alberto Lopez) and Bryan Velasco among others.

Tita's music has been a favorite among DJs worldwide, including Patricia Palumbo and Rafael Moraes (Brazil), Garth Trinidad(US) and Gilles Peterson (UK), who included the song "A Conta Do Samba" in the "Brownswood Bubblers" compilation released on his Brownswood Recordings label in September 2006.

In addition, two songs from "11:11" were also featured in LEXUS' Sampler CD (featuring Sergio Mendes and others) of which 300,000 copies were distributed worldwide in Fall 2006.

Dubbed an "artist to watch in 2007" by UK-based magazine Straight No Chaser, and armed with a great band whose members have played and/or recorded with Sergio Mendes, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Jurassic 5, Keb Mo, Lee Ritenour and Celia Cruz among many others, Ms. Lima is ready to take her music to audiences around the world.

JAZZ NEWS REVIEW:

Tita Lima Releases "11:11"

Singer and Composer Tita Lima combines a mixture of MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), Samba, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Hip-Hop, and Dub for her Debut
Release, "11:11". After recording and sharing the stage with such well-known Brazilian musicians as Bocato (Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Maria Rita),
Joao Donato, Apollo 9, Luz de Caroline, Nucleo and Dori Caymmi, talented composer and singer Tita Lima debuts her first solo effort.
In collaboration with some of Brazil and the United States' hottest producers, Tita Lima has
created a delightfully eclectic yet very palpable blend of musical compositions and performances with a smooth and soulful, yet rhythmic style that
is already drawing comparisons to Sade and Norah Jones.

"11:11" is a labour of love for Tita, with the title holding a significant numerological meaning for the singer. "While creating the music for this
project, I would come across the numbers 11:11 everywhere. On clocks, watches, television, even on the radio on an almost daily basis, this number would manifest itself. After reading up on the numbers' significance in numerology, I found out they represent the positive, spiritual
congruency that I wanted to convey through my music. The title, in this way, manifested itself naturally, " explains Tita.

Tita's musical background includes time spent in Los Angeles studying at the Musician's Institute, where she not only studied electric bass, but also
immersed herself in the technical aspects of music production.

During a stint working at the House of Blues, she also got to play bass and sing in jam sessions with artists like Meshell Ndegeocello and Bernard Purdie. Upon her return to Sao Paulo, she honed her musical and production skills while
working some of Brazil's top musicians and producers.

Dividing her time between Brazil and the rest of the world, and armed with a great band whose members have performed and/or recorded with Sergio
Mendes, Herbie Mann, Toninho Horta, Bebel Gilberto, Jurassic 5 and Ruben Blades among many others, Tita is now ready to embark upon the journey of presenting her first solo album to the world.

In addition to her much-anticipated solo release, Tita will also appear on compilations for LEXUS
North America and the Brownswood Bubblers compilation to be released on world-renowned DJ Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings label.


CHECK ONLINE VIDEOS at YOUTUBE:

-Maremorso video clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rm2pFjpO1Y