Gaby Amarantos
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Gaby Amarantos is a Brazil
ian singer and dancer of tecno brega
.
, state of Pará
. She began singing at the age of 15, in the Parish of St. Therese of Lisieux. Coming from a family of samba
dancers, during her adolescence she also heard singers of the Flashbrega movement (Pará's brega
style of the 1970s), MPB
and jazz
(especially Ella Fitzgerald
and Billy Holiday).
Since 2000, she began to be recognized as one of the emerging stars of Pará's "tecnomelody
". From 2002 on, at the head of the Banda Tecno Show, Amarantos has recorded two CDs and one DVD.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian singer and dancer of tecno brega
Tecno brega
Tecno brega or technobrega is a form of music from northern Brazil, particularly Belém. Music of the genre is created primarily through remixing and reworking songs from popular music and music from the eighties. While there is a large amount of famous music used in techno brega, the majority of...
.
Biography
Amarantos was born in the district of Jurunas, outskirts of BelémBelém
Belém is a Brazilian city, the capital and largest city of state of Pará, in the country's north region. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and bus/coach station...
, state of Pará
Pará
Pará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...
. She began singing at the age of 15, in the Parish of St. Therese of Lisieux. Coming from a family of samba
Samba
Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
dancers, during her adolescence she also heard singers of the Flashbrega movement (Pará's brega
Brega (music)
Brega is a genre of Brazilian popular music. The name, originally pejorative and discriminatory in nature , has since somewhat lost this meaning. Historically, the greatest singers of the genre are from northeastern and northern Brazil; two of its biggest icons historically were Reginaldo Rossi...
style of the 1970s), MPB
Música Popular Brasileira
Música Popular Brasileira or MPB designates a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. It is not a discrete genre but rather a constellation that combines original songwriting and updated versions of traditional Brazilian urban music styles like samba and samba-canção with contemporary...
and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
(especially Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
and Billy Holiday).
Since 2000, she began to be recognized as one of the emerging stars of Pará's "tecnomelody
Tecno brega
Tecno brega or technobrega is a form of music from northern Brazil, particularly Belém. Music of the genre is created primarily through remixing and reworking songs from popular music and music from the eighties. While there is a large amount of famous music used in techno brega, the majority of...
". From 2002 on, at the head of the Banda Tecno Show, Amarantos has recorded two CDs and one DVD.
Discography
| Title | Year | Record label | Media |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecnoshow e ponto final | CD | ||
| Reacender a chama | CD |