Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL February 2014 NAMM Issue | Page 118

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View Eric Parsons and Raul Amador’s Video
featuring Costanera and Pimenta no Choro,
from her album “This Is What Happened.”

amandaruzza.com
Amanda Ruzza hails from São Paulo,
Brazil. She discovered her muse at
an early age - perhaps the result
of her Chilean mother who loved
opera, and her father, Italian, whose
passion was rock n’ roll. Growing
up in a house humming with music,
Amanda began playing bass early,
and was playing professional
performance engagements by
age 13. Eventually, in Brazil, she
worked with distinguished Brazilian
producers and arrangers, including
Grammy Award-winner Moogie
Canazio, Maestro Jobam and Sony
Music Japan’s Osny Mello. Besides
being a musician fluent in an array
of styles, Ruzza is fluent in several
languages as well - Portuguese,
Spanish, Italian, and English. In
developing her musical skills,
she is able to cross all cultural
boundaries... READ MORE
“This Is What Happened”
available at Amazon.com
FEB 2014 / BASSMUSICIANMAGAZINE.COM

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