PRESS QUOTES
"Ana Gazzola is long, graceful and Gazelle-like. Her voice is like a filmy-silk scarf, lightly clinging around a note, a lyric. It is a unique, involving, embracing warming voice…Sonia Santos is diminutive disarmingly powerful. Her declarative, percussive voice explodes like the trademark spray of hair that rises from the top of her head like a geyser.”
--Lynnel George, Los Angeles Times
“The show was marvelous! Any organizer of a festival, series, or event that wants to showcase human diversity in general or Brazil in particular must seriously consider bringing in Brasil Brazil. The band is authentic; they are the real deal. They transport the audience to Carnival in Rio.”
--James M. Benedict, Chair of Lyceum Committee, Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia
"Two Los Angeles-based Brazilian singer/songwriters team up for what is more than just an album. Sonia Santos and Ana Gazzola pool their voices on Brasil Brazil just as they once pooled their resources and ideas to form their production/record company, Yellow Green Productions."
--Mara Weiss & Nego Beto, Beat Magazine
"The common ground is the sophisticated mood of arrangements: warm and lively with a jazz tinge, spiced with some lush Brazilian percussion. In most tunes the two gorgeous voices interact and blend."
--Patricia Albela, L.A. Jazz Scene
"Gazzola masterfully delivers smooth vocals that underscore sweetly resonant songs. Her slick and sultry sound entices listeners to indulge in the first song of her album titled Brazilicious."
--Rhonda Gray, Bossa Magazine
“Both sing in the alto range with compassion. Ana Gazzola sings with a smooth-toned, laid-back approach, while Sonia Santos performs in a rich, overtone-laden, percussive style…The happiness Gazzola and Santos exude is contagious.”
--Jim Santella, AllAboutJazz.com
“If you’ve never been to Rio, this show is the next best thing.”
--Betty Francis, The Desert Sun
“…their energy is what drives the audience. Large crowds gather at each venue and the response is the same: magic. Young children race to the dance floor to shake their bom bom or to admire the amazing carnival-like costumes that the band brings to life. Adults love the samba funk music that keeps their hips moving and arms shaking. Even the older folk make their way to center stage, with the help of their canes, to do a little dancing of their own.”
--Giselle Bances, The Weekly Press
“Combining phenomenal energy and technique with a deep and abiding respect for tradition, each show is an emotional, dynamic musical experience… The warm, sensual voices of the vivacious singers [and] the hot band backing them up promise a wildly energetic and musically remarkable evening.”
--The Mendocino Beacon
“…the most exiting show of the season… tribal soul and urban elegance walking hand in hand.”
--Robert Kreutzer, The Press-Enterprise
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