Since her debut in the late 60s, she has made over 20 records and has performed with a variety of great artists, among them Elis Regina, Toninho Horta, and Jose De Moraes. Joyce came to music through her brother who was listening to Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, and lots of Brazilian artists of course.

I was lucky enough to catch her in concert here in Berlin a couple of years ago and you might want to call her the consummate artist who mixes Brazilian standards and own material with standards from The Great American Songbook.

Now she's releasing her new CD "Slow Music" in early July. For her, this is a dream come true since the record is based on silence and pauses and for her, "silence is an important moment in music".
No wonder that she dedicates her fantastic new record to other masters of silence: Shirley Horn, Bill Evans, and Joao Gilberto. On her highly recommended "Slow Music" album which comes out on Stunt Records, she's accompanied by Hélio Alves on piano, Jorge Helder on bass, and Tutty Moreno on drums.

You can listen to several tracks from her new CD as well as older tunes on JazzRadio's programme JazzRio, presented by Joanna Ratajczak each Saturday from 12PM to 6PM EST with support from the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin.