Live proposals

Simona Palumbo’s latin production is divided into two: Ethno-Latin and Latin-Jazz.

Ethno-latin

The repertoire consists of original songs by Simona Palumbo written in collaboration with musicians or lyricists and covers of the Latin South American author tradition, where the songs are revisited and rearranged by Simona in collaboration with various artist. The reference albums and presented in the live, are two: “Latin Land” (2021, Egea Music/Fraghola Entertainment) and “Latin Duets” (2022, Egea Music/Fraghola Entertainment).
Live formations vary from duo to octet.
Simona presents a musical range of latin sounds according to her feeling, but sung strictly in the original reference language, depending on the style of the song. The songs are written and performed in various latin languages: Italian, Spanish (Cuba, Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Brazilian Creole (Capo Verde).

Latin-jazz

The repertoire consists of songs by Bossanova and author MPB -Musica Popular Brasileira, as well as the standards of American jazz music. Live formations vary from trio to quintet and are formed each time by different musicians, depending on live needs and repertoire. There are two reference albums: “duoinbossa” (2004), bossanova by A.C.Jobim, “Latin Duets” (2022, Egea Music), original songs and Bossanova and author MPB covers. Planned in 2023 the recording of an album composed of American standards and Brazilian Bossanova as well as original songs by Simona Palumbo in jazz and bossanova style.