Cecilia Noël
Peruvian-born American musician
Cecilia Noël is a Peruvian-born Latin music artist, whose work, with her band, The Wild Clams, combines salsa, soul, jazz, funk, and Afro-Cuban traditions. At one time, she was dubbed the Latin Tina Turner. Noël is married to Men at Work singer Colin Hay, with whom she has frequently recorded and toured.
Biography
Early life, education, and career
Born in Lima, Peru, Noël "first began singing at age 11 in a band named El Polen formed by her cousins". She then studied music in Argentina, and later in Heidelberg, Germany, before returning to Lima at age 14. There, "legendary jazz performer Stan Getz saw her perform, and a year later he invited her to New York to live with his family". She moved to the United States in the late 1980s, settling in Los Angeles in 1989, and debuted in the early 1990s with her band, The Wild Clams. In 1993, Noël sang with Carole King on a bonus tracks on 1993 Japanese edition of King's album, Colour of Your Dreams, on the song "Te Daria La Vida (Amor)" [Spanish Version of "Lay Down My Life"]. She was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times in 1994 as "arguably the most potent Latin sound to emerge from Los Angeles in years". She played at the 16th annual Playboy Jazz Festival in June 1994, and appeared on the Quincy Jones-produced late night talk show, Vibe, in August 1998.
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