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. Here she  regularly played the Lionel Hampton Jazz Club beneath the Le MÃ©ridien  Etoile hotel - one of the city's most distinguished jazz venues. In 1991 at  Paris' ThÃ©Ã¢tre de La Ville she appeared onstage alongside her mother.  Moreno remembers her time in Paris fondly and on her new album she pays  tribute to Edith Piaf, "the French singer who thrilled me most", with a  wonderful cover of "Mon Manege A Moi".Aged 23 Moreno returned to Brazil in 1994 and launched straight into a  career in music, guesting on the track "Minha Gata Rita Lee" on Joyce's CD  Revendo Amigos. This followed guest appearances alongside other artists  such as Nelson Ã‚ngelo and Robertinho Silva.  Her first solo show in Brazil  was in 1995 at the Au Bar in Rio in a tribute to the famous Brazilian  singer Rita Lee. In 1996, Moreno opened for Paulinho Moska at the Garota de  Ipanema park in Rio and recorded her eponymous debut CD.In 1997 Moreno went to Japan where she appeared in the Gets Bossa Nova show  in Tokyo, Japan. That same year she contributed a recording of "SÃ³ DanÃ§o  Samba" for the tribute to Bossa Nova CD 40 Anos de Bossa Nova which  solidified her standing as a Brazilian singer in her own right.  Her third  album Mutante was recorded in 1999, and picked up for worldwide  distribution by UK based Timewarp Distribution, her name was brought to the  attention of Brazilian music fans the world over.2002 saw the release of Morena Bossa Nova - her fourth CD where she  experimented with electronic music to create an album with a contemporary  take on bossa nova. It was recorded whilst Moreno was pregnant with  producer Rodolfo Stroeter (the producer of Joyce's most recent CDs Just a  Little Bit Crazy and Rio Bahia).  "Morena Bossa Nova" featured the  Norwegian keyboard player Bugge Weseltoff as well Teco Cardoso, Robertinho  Silva & Nailor Proveta - all regular contributors to Joyce's recent  albums.With Meu Samba Torto Moreno felt the urge to strip things down and pay  tribute to the musical heritage of the city she is from: "Bossa nova has  always played a very important role in my life, and I decided to go for it  with this CD and really search for the feeling of what it's like to be a  "carioca". Having listened to this music all my life I had no trouble of  thinking of songs to cover and my mother Joyce, suggested some nice songs,  as did Celso. I feel that the album has a 60's bossa nova feeling, which is  great, but at the same time, the music that we have done is up to date and  reflects a modern view through the roots of Brazilian music."Meu Samba Torto features a stellar line-up of Brazilian musicians including  Moreno's mother, the legendary Brazilian singer-songwriter Joyce, and the  celebrated songwriter and guitarist Celso Fonseca. It's Moreno's most  personal album yet and this is something she's proud of: "The album has a  certain level of spontaneity that I don't think is very common these days.  With the exception of the songs arranged by Joyce, the arrangements were  all decided once we all arrived in the studio. Everything was recorded live  and I was lucky to be blessed with the involvement of Celso Fonseca, Joyce,  Tutty Moreno, Rodolfo Stroeter, Diego Figueiredo and Ricardo Mosca - all of  them very creative and stylish musicians who helped create an end result of  modern music yet steeped in tradition.  The album was simply constructed  around guitar/bass/drums and the idea was to bring  a certain degree of  intimacy between myself and the listener".Meu Samba Torto features two new compositions written especially for Moreno  by Joyce ("Sabe Quem"), & Celso Fonseca ("LitorÃ¢nea"). In fact with it's  "live" sound, Joyce's influence runs through Meu Samba Torto. This was a  challenge for Moreno: "I had never recorded a "live" album before yet as we  began recording, I started to gain more and more self confidence."  According to Moreno though it's not Joyce who is the most influential  artist on Meu Samba Torto:  "JoÃ£o Gilberto is the greatest influence on  this album - he is the main root of the cd. I have been listening to him  all my life, but during the process of creating this album, I dived deeply  into his mood and I recorded many of the songs using JoÃ£o Gilberto's light  - his inspiration was a gift to me."Vanguard of the new bossa nova movement Celso Fonseca plays guitar and  sings on three songs on the new album, and the blend of his and Moreno's  voice create some of the albums highlights. There are interpretations of  classic bossa nova tracks such as "MoÃ§a Flor", originally recorded by the  Tamba Trio, "Vem Morena Vem", from Jorge Ben's debut album, and "Morena  Boca de Ouro", made famous by the one and only JoÃ£o Gilberto.