Heidi Vogel, Pizza Express Jazz Club

Cinematic Orchestra vocalist seduces the senses in Brazilian repertoire

by Peter QuinnThursday, 08 September 2011

The capacity to unfurl long-lined melodies: Heidi Vogel

While the physical and mechanical elements of its production are common to all, the sound of a person's voice is as individual as a fingerprint. Launching her Brazilian-themed solo album Lágrimas de um pássaro (Tears of a Bird) in the intimate surroundings of Soho's Pizza Express Jazz Club, Heidi Vogel's extraordinarily rich and complex vocal timbre proved capable of completely seducing the senses.

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