Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças
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Céu live in São Paulo on Aug 13, 2009.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças |
| Born | April 17, 1980 |
| Origin | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Genres | MPB, bossa nova, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, percussion |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Labels | Urban Jungle, Six Degrees |
| Website | Céu |
| Members |
Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças Lucas Martins Bruno Buarque DJ Marco Guilherme Ribeiro |
Céu (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɛu]), whose full name is Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose first American album was released on the Six Degrees Records label in April 2007. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil on April 17, 1980, into a musical family, her father being a composer, arranger and musicologist. It was from her father that she learned to appreciate Brazil's classical music composers, particularly Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazaré and Orlando Silva.
By age fifteen she had decided to become a musician and by her late teens she had studied music theory, as well as the (nylon-stringed Brazilian guitar). Her songs reveal her many influences, which include samba, valsa, choro, soul, rhythm and blues, hip hop, afrobeat and electrojazz music.
In particular, she cites as influences the music of African-Americans Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lauryn Hill, and Erykah Badu, as well as Brazilian Jorge Ben.
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