“If the level of talent and creativity on these four releases is any indication, it’s going to be a great year for discovering new vocal talent from south of the border. Among this quartet of singers (Rosa Passos, Gabriela Anders, Maria Márquez and Ana Caram), Venezuela’s Maria Márquez gets the nod on Nature’s Princess (Adventure

“Márquez’s voice, like the ghost of Billie Holiday living in the sax of a skillful player, lends the songs an ageless quality. The selections span centuries of (mostly) Venezuelan writers, including three by the singer herself. Márquez also produced the album, and some of the rich arrangements are her work as well; the settings are

“Maria Márquez is expanding the parameters of Latin jazz. With her luminous cellolike timbre and supple rhythmic phrasing, the vocalist has painstakingly built her repertoire out of classic Latin American ballads, Brazilian standards and a vast treasure trove of tunes from her native Venezuela- songs largely unknown in the U.S. and obscure even in the

Article with INTERVIEW by Mark Holston for Latina Style Magazine- March 2005 “Latina Singer-Songwriters: Behind the Music” can be seen by going to: www.latinastyle.com/currentissue/v11-1/f-singer.html

MARÍA MÁRQUEZ: sentimiento nacional María MárquezTonadaAdventure – Music Records2013 Con estudios realizados en Berklee College of Music, de Boston, la venezolana María Márquez, ha ido desarrollando un concepto muy particular de trabajo al fundir expresiones musicales autóctonas con los más avanzados recursos técnicos y conceptos vanguardistas de música electrónica. Su vida profesional se ha desarrollado

Jazz vocalists don’t typically give me the same charge I get from jazz instrumentalists, but there are always a few exceptions to the rule. There are ones who break from the usual torch singer prescription of performing standards and or in the standard way, you could call them avanteers, doing things in their own way.

“Esta vez, Maria aglutina un repertorio de mayor vigor y vida. Con un fraseo jugueton, Maria sabe en que momento contenerse, alargar una silaba para entrar en complicidad con la instrumentacion. El repertorio echa del jazz en todo lo largo. Canciones conocidas, “Besame Mucho” de Consuelo Velazquez, y otras de la propia autoria de Márquez.

Forming a bridge between the ancient and new and spanning a cultural landscape, Márquez’ unique sound is imprinted in the original compositions and jazz arrangements of traditional Latin American boleros, poems and legends. They come to life in lush orchestrations and minimalist small ensemble settings, the broad palette of feels and instrumentation creating the mood

“Cultivating a distinctive and coherent style in so canonical a genre as female jazz vocals will test the creative knack of the best singer.Trained at Berklee College of Music, and seasoned for over two decades on the Bay Area Latin Jazz scene, Venezuela’s Maria Márquez had the good fortune to connect early with percussionist, arranger

“Maria Márquez no es otra que Maria Fernanda Márquez, o Maria Fernanda, simplemente, como la conocemos de vista, trato y comunicacion desde hace un largo tiempo. Claro, no es muy usual encabezar la recomendacion de un disco de este modo. Pasa que Maria Fernanda es una de esas raras artistas sin gran apego a la

Con su voz seductora y única, la cantante venezolana Maria Márquez cautivo al público neoyorquino con un variado repertorio de temas de jazz latino y música tradicional de Venezuela. Márquez presento el Sábado en la noche su último disco, “Princesa de la Naturaleza”, una compilacion de temas originales y composiciones de autores de Venezuela, Mexico

“… Her latest “Princesa de la Naturaleza” (Nature’s Princess) is the best showcase of her grasp of pan- Latin traditions and jazz singing. This is really a storytelling session: folk legends, poems, boleros and Márquez’s originals are set to jazz and folk music but played with chamber- music sensitivity.  The melodies are clearly rooted in

“Maria Márquez’s husky, sensitive voice and unusual approach are marvelously displayed on her third self- produced recording. A native of Caracas and current resident of The San Francisco Bay Are, Márquez must be regarded as the preeminent Venezuelan-born jazz/world music vocalist of our trying times. Her unconditionally evocative and delicate vocals, elegantly suspended between jazz