Roxana Amed

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Latin GRAMMY® nominee, NARAS® and LARAS® member Roxana Amed is an Argentine-American jazz artist born in Buenos Aires. She is a dusky, virtuosic singer songwriter whose music blends South American folk traditions with sophisticated rock and post-bop jazz. Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, producer, and educator, Amed is considered by colleagues, audiences and critics as one of the most important voices in South American music. 
 A postgraduate in Spanish literature and film school student, she has earned acclaim for her albums with former Pat Metheny bandmember Pedro Aznar including 2004's Limbo and 2006's Entremundos . In 2010's Cinemateca Finlandesa, a duo album with pianist Adrian Iaies, Inocencia in 2011, followed by 2013's La Sombra de Su Sombra, with pianist Frank Carlberg featuring the poems of Alejandra Pizarnik. 
 Since relocating to the US in 2013, Amed has worked with a bevy of globally minded luminaries including Guillermo Klein, Emilio Solla, and vocalist Sofia Rei. She earned a scholarship to pursue her master's degree in vocal jazz. Along with being embraced by American audiences, she remains connected to her home country. Amed is a recipient of the Gardel Award and the Martin Fierro Award for best song in a TV production. In 2019, she returned with Instantáneas, an album of live-in-studio performances. In 2021, she released Ontology, nominated for 2 Latin GRAMMYs® including Best Jazz Album and Gardel Award winner for Best Jazz Album 2022.