She is a passionate, naturally gifted vocalist and songwriter who comes from a creative Latin and Jazz background and has worked with very well known names of the music business.
Mari starts to sing and act professionally as a child performing as an opening act for Italian star Amedeo Minghi. She is hired for her first national tour at the age of fourteen. One year later, she starts serious opera training with a maestro of the San Carlo Theatre of Naples; she later continues her classical education attending the Music Conservatory for three years.
At the same time she cultivates her interest in popular music, studying jazz technique and performing live for years both as a background vocalist as well as a solo artist. Her versatility leads her to express her acting talent in classical theatre and to a steady career as a host of many TV shows. Soon RCA notices her and hires her to work in Milan on Latin pop recording projects, which appeared numerous times on the billboard.
Her great interest for World Music and Jazz encouraged her to move to New York where her ability as a songwriter creates her own original band (Passion Latina) and where she performs with several R&B, Pop and Salsa bands like the "Latin All Stars", "E. Breton Salsa ensemble" and members of the "Chico O’Farrell Orchestra" to name a few.
She enriches her musical experience performing and learning from true legends of the Latin Jazz scene like Celia Cruz, Mario Rivera, Paquito di Rivera, Dave Valentin, and many others.
She also works with several NY producers as a singer and a songwriter, among which Jeanne Ricks (Aretha Franklyn) and Arturo Ortiz (Ricky Martin).
Mari's talent and versatility earns her a respected acting career as well. She becomes a member of the Screen Actors Guild and she performs in New York as a lead actress on some TV Shows and movies among which "Hitch" with Will Smith, as well as commercials for Sony. She also acquires extensive experience as a voice over and works for several major video and audio projects with Random House, Living Language and many others.
Mari is one of the few singers who can sing in five languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French. She always shows a great versatility and stage presence. She has recently performed in Brazil with world known musicians currently touring with names like Djavan and Ivan Lins.
She currently lives in Los Angeles where she performs with her exciting and sophisticated World/Jazz band "Nobresil" and her sensual acoustic Latin-pop band "Alma Latina". Her events are often promoted by major radios like the WAVE Smooth Jazz or K-Jazz. Latin Grammy awarded, Brazilian bass player Leo Nobre (Sergio Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Shakira) is currently the musical director of her band Nobresil.
Mari is about to release her captivating and irresistible CD "Nobresil- In Brazil" arranged by twice Grammy nominated musician and composer Jovino Santo Netos. She is currently planning an amazing World tour with Nobresil and releasing her new promo CD "Alma Latina" is also about to be released with the special participation of breath taking guitar player Dan Sistos and spectacular Argentinean pianist Pablo Medina.
Leo Nobre was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where at an early age was exposed to several kinds of music through his parents and surroundings. Leo attended the American School of Rio de Janeiro, where he joined many bands and explored many different instruments.
He started to study music (theory, acoustic nylon guitar and bass) more seriously, and soon was performing locally with many artists from Brazil. After high school he decided to pursue his music studies further and was accepted to the University of Miami School of Music. He studied theory, piano, arranging, and composition. He focused his studies on jazz and also studied upright bass and classical with Dr. Lucas Drew. After attending University of Miami from 1989 until 1994, he started touring, performing, and recording with many artists. Here is some of the work he has done since then:
• 2009 – teaches at Los Angeles Music Academy since 2002• 2008 – toured internationally with Rafael Amargo’s Flamenco Dance Co. Top Flamenco dance group from Spain• 2007 – performed/toured with Sergio Mendes Brasil 2007
• 2006 – performed on Jay Leno’s Tonight show with Sergio Mendes and the Black Eyed Peas
• 2006 – featured in the May issue of Bass Player magazine• 2006 – performed/toured with Sergio Mendes Brasil 2006
• 2006 – recorded on Sergio Mendes’ Grammy awarded CD “Timeless” on tracks with Stevie Wonder and Jill Scott, produced by will. i. am.
• 2005 – performed/toured with Sergio Mendes Brasil 2005• 2004 – performed/toured with Sergio Mendes Brasil 2004
• 2003 - teaches at LAMA and tours with Delmar Brown (Jaco Pastorius, Gil Evans Orchestra and Sting)
• 2002 – teaches at the Modern Music School in Los Angeles• 2001 – performed/toured with instrumental group Outdance, including jazz festivals
• 2000 – toured/performed with Julio Iglesias Jr.
• 1999 – toured/performed with Donato & Estefano (n. 1 songwriters for that year on Billboard)
• 1998 – performed live and on TV with Shakira
• 1997 – toured/performed with Donato & Estefano
• 1994-1997 – toured and performed worldwide with Nil Lara (Capital Records-Metro Blue artist)
Throughout these years Leo has performed in several worldwide jazz festivals such as North Sea (Holland), Umbria (Italy), Montreaux (Switzerland), Copenhagen (Denmark), Vitoria (Spain), Java (Indonesia), Cancun (Mexico), Detroit, San Jose, and the Pasadena Playboy jazz festival. Leo has also participated/performed in many fundraisers and volunteer works such as, Aids Walk (Central Park, NYC), feed the homeless (thanksgiving in several shelters), cerebral palsy cliniques, Pasadena Shelter, and others.
He is also recording his CD and his wife’s CD with his/their own compositions, which he plans to release this year.
You can catch him performing locally with his wife Mari Nobre and the E-Motion band, Nobresil, and maybe with other artists.
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