Magos Herrera

Born in Mexico City, the deep and captivating performer, Magos Herrera is considered one of the most beautiful voices and the most active vocalist of the contemporary Latin American jazz scene.
The grammy nominee for best vocal jazz, Immensely popular throughout Mexico and Latin America, a dazzling accomplished singer-songwriter known for her beguiling rhythmic scatting, inflected with soulful Latin-Andalusian phrasings, Magos Herrera owns a unique signature that elegantly blends her classic jazz styling with Latin-American melodies. Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English, her repertoire is filled with the yearning romance, intimacy and enchantment of Mexican and Cuban sones and boleros, and sultry, languid Brazilian beats.
Her career started in Italy in 1988 where she decided to become professionally involved with music, and then graduated from the "Musicians Institute" in Los Angeles, Cal. For over 12 years Magos has performed in International Performing Arts Centers and Festivals such as Montreal International Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, Jazz Standard in New York, Millennium Park in Chicago, NYC, Teatro de la Ciudad de Mexico, Lunario del Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City and Sala Galileo Galilei in Madrid, among many others.
Magos has been nominated twice for "Lunas del Auditorio Nacional" (2006-2009) in Mexico as "the best Jazz concert of the year" among Bobby Mcferrin and Bill Frisell. Over the past 4 years, through her pro-active love for music, she produced and hosted 2 TV shows that promoted music for Mexico's TV channel 22, and featured guest stars like, Jerry Gonzalez, Diego el Cigala, Francisco Cespedes, among many others,(TV shows demo available at myspace.com/magosherrera)
She has 7 CD recordings including " Cajuina", "Orquideas Susurrantes," "Pais Maravilla", "Todo Puede Inspirar", " Soliluna", and 2 international compilations for Brazil and Japan and is part of the acclaimed "Mexican Divas" cd series .
Based in New York since fall 2008, Magos Herrera promptly became part of the local scene since her successful concert at New York Winter Jazz Festival. Has recorded with saxophonist Tim Ries for "The Rolling Stones World Project II" and for contemporary composer Paola Prestini. Has released 2 CD productions " Distancia" (which became the #1 Itunes in Jazz category in 2009) and 'Mexico Azul" in 2011, bought through Sunnyside records. .