CLARA MORENO
Genres: Latin Jazz, Jazz Related Electronica, Hip-Hop, Bossa Nova • Brazil

Clara Moreno is the daughter of the famous Brazilian singer/songwriter/guitarist Joyce and composer Nelson Angelo. Born in Brazil in 1971 Moreno recalls her early musical experiences with great fondness: “Every night my mother would rehearse and we use to go to all her concerts – I grew up listening to music from an early age.” Moreno’s career began soon after she learned to talk, performing backing vocals in children’s choirs for artists such as Milton Nascimento, Egberto Gismonti, Joyce, Originais do Samba and Trem da Alegria amongst others. In 1989, aged 18, Moreno went to study music in France and it was in Paris where she both recorded her first single and first performed solo. She performed regularly at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Club beneath the Le Méridien Etoile hotel – one of the city’s most distinguished jazz venues. In 1991 at Paris’ Théâtre de La Ville, she appeared onstage alongside read more...