Jeeves' Diary

Discovered an amazing Spanish jazz guitar player, singer & composer named Susana Raya.


Susana was born in in Córdoba (Andalucia, Spain). She began to study in the Conservatory of Music of Córdoba, where took a degree in classical guitar, and made several courses with Leo Brouwer, Robert Ramsley, Afonso Pais etc.
She took part in many jazz festitvals, where she was distinguished for her performace and awarded as:
FIRST PRIZE "International Jazz Singers Contest Nomme Jazz", Tallinn, Estonia 2006
- SECOND PRIZE "International Jazz Singers Contest Lady Summertime", Finland 2006
- THIRD PRIZE "International Jazz Soloist Competition", Monaco 2007.
- Finalist "International Massimo Urbani Award" (Italy), 2006
- "Best Spanish G

Susana sings songs in Spain, Portuguese and English. Here is, IMHO, one of best performance of " Oceano" written by a Brasilian compouser Djavan.
http://www.myspace.com/susanaraya
Here is a new project Susana Raya & Antonella Mazza