LEVE
The sound of Brazil with a twist of jazz
Leve bring the sophisticated yet warm sound of Brazil to your events.
We perform a wide variety of music from beautiful samba and Bossa Nova tunes by legendary Brazilian composers, such as Jorge Ben, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso and Djavan through to contemporary Brazilian music by Hermeto Pascoal and Luciana Souza.
We are highly experienced musicians and have performed at some renowned venues and numerous events all over the world from São Paulo, Tokyo to London.
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With Yuko's background in jazz, she has performed at some London's renowned jazz clubs such as Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, 606 Jazz Club, Vortex jazz club and The Spice of Life Soho as well as JazzB (São Paulo) and Beco das Garrafas (Rio de Janeiro) in Brazil and takes her jazz approach to the Brazilian music.
Ife, the guitarist, has been professionally performing Bossa Nova in Rio de Janeiro since 1970 and has recorded and toured with Brazil’s most acclaimed artists including Naná Vasconcelos, Toninho Horta, Nara Leao and João Donato to name a few. He also has released his own remarkable albums ‘Você Passou Aqui’ and ‘Brazil in Black and White’.
We can also be available in trio and quartet with sax, bass and percussion.
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Examples of Our Repertoire
Flor de Lis (Djavan)
Tristeza (Haroldo Lobo/ Niltinho)
Berimbau (Baden Powell/ Vinícius de Morais)
Mas que nada (Jorge Ben)
Chove chuva (Jorge Ben)
Triste (Tom Jobim)
Baião Cigano (Nonato Luis)
Brejeiro (Ernesto Nazaré)
Fato Consumado (Djavan)
Maçã do Rosto (Djavan)
Maria das Mercedes (Djavan)
Chega de Saudade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
Brigas Nunca Mais (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
Ela é Carioca (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
A Felicidade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
Samba da minha terra (Dorival Caymmi)
Samba do grande amor (Chico Buarque de Hollanda)
Pecado Capital (Paulinho da Viola)
Dança da Solidão (Paulinho da Viola)
Coração Leviano (Paulinho da Viola)
Corcovado (Tom Jobim)
Manha de carnaval (Luis Bonfa/ Antonio Maria)
Janelas Abertas (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
Joyce (Hermeto Pascoal)
Aldeia de Ogum (Joyce)
Double Rainbow (Tom Jobim)
Dindi (Tom Jobim / Aloisio de Oliveira)
Wave (Tom Jobim)
Lamentos (Pixinguinha)
Samba do avião (Tom Jobim)
Favela (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
Desde que o samba é samba (Caetano Veloso)
Corra e olhe o céu / Alvorada (Cartola)
Depois que eu me encontrar (Cartola)
Sonnet 99 (Luciana Souza)