Ay amor

Corcovado (live) - Karen Souza

Strawberry Fields Forever

Quizás, Quizás, Quizás

L O V E

Cupid, I am ready

I Wouldn't Be Me Without You

Quando, Quando, Quando

Piccolissima Serenata

Dancing on the Moon

Eres Magia

If I Loved You

Easy

Karen Souza - Smooth Operator

Karen Souza - Bette Davis Eyes (1)

Karen Souza - Creep (2)

Karen Souza - Strawberry Fields Forever (3)

Karen Souza - Tainted Love (4)

Karen Souza - Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) (5)

Karen Souza - Every Breath You Take (6)

Karen Souza - Personal Jesus (7)

Karen Souza - New Year's Day (8)

Karen Souza - Billie Jean (9)

Karen Souza - Wake Up And Make Love With Me (10)

Karen Souza - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (11)

Karen Souza - Bette Davis Eyes (12)

My Foolish Heart

Ibiza - Acoustic Clubbin'

Get Lucky

Ain't No Sunshine (Instant Love)

Ain't No Sunshine

Vintage Café Essentials II

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

Relaxing Piano Nights

New Year's Day

While Karen Souza´s voice may sound like it was made for jazz, she is in fact a relative newcomer to this genre of music. Her career began under various psydeonymns as she provided vocal support to a number of electronic music producers and was part of several International House hits. She can be found singing under these pseudonymns on albums such as Pacha Ibiza, FTV (FashionTV), Paris Dernier and Hotel Costes, privé. 

She had just begun to flirt with the idea of singing to jazz when she was contacted and invited to join the production of the first volume of the series, Jazz and ´80s. No one imagined the success that the series would have almost over night.  The producer of the series knew a good thing when he saw it and he quickly shared his enthusiasm in the project with Karen and made her and her voice an important part of each album. 

Now that Karen had gotten her toes wet in the studio, her label decided it was time to dive in and they sent her and the rest of the Quartet on tour to Brazil in late 2009. The visit was a great success and Karen came into her own onstage, gaining confidence and ever tuning and refining her singing. On the heels of the Brazilian adventure, the label again stepped in and told Karen it was time to focus on her own material. 

To this effect they sent her to Los Angeles for a few months to work with and learn from some of the best songwriters in the business. It was there that she studied under the guidance of Pam Oland , a multiple Grammy nominated songwriter who has worked with stars like Whitney Houston, Earth, Wind and Fire and Aretha Franklin, to name a few. This period gave new direction to Karens own composing and songwriting and has helped her develop her signature sound while continuing to please fans with her characteristic lush vocals. 

After her stint in LA, Karen began to dedicate herself exclusively to rehearsing both new and older material with the rest of the quartet and they have achieved a symbiosis that is a pleasure to watch. The Cooltrane Quartet with Karen in the lead is an act not to be missed, full of excellent jazz versions and brand new soloist material from a truly dynamic young artist. 

The concept of pop classics set to jazz beats and instrumental arrangements has been popularized by the famed series known by the name of its first volume Jazz and 80s. Comprised of three volumes of 80s classics as well as one each dedicated to smooth version of hits from the 70s and 90s, these albums have generated a fan base from a number of countries and age groups. 

It is now our pleasure to offer the public the chance to attend live performances of this repertoire by the serie´s most acclaimed vocalist, Karen Souza. Karen is the leader of a quartet that takes us back in time to an age when swing was king. As a member of the Cooltrane Quartet, she and her bandmembers breathe life into mythical hits that take on new meaning when accompanied by live jazz musicians. They also present new material developed by Karen and throw in the occasional jazz standard to keep the crowd guessing. 

The Cooltrane Quartet is made up of three musicians whose instrumental accompaniment provide the perfect background to Karen´s luscious singing. Together the quartet provides subtle and fresh interpretations of these much loved tracks. They are also prone to the occasional improvisation, as is so often the case with jazz artists, which lends a unique touch to each of their performances

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