Sambinha is an experienced Jazz band that performs music from the American songbook, blues, Brazilian bossa nova and pop songs rearranged in a jazz style. Francesca sings in both English and Portuguese and her dynamic Jazz Band extends from a low key duo up to a full 6 piece.

"The music transformed the atmosphere and carried us through the eras: from 1920's speakeasy to Vintage Brazilian cafe!" - Rosetta, The V&A Museum

Choosing Sambinha, you will be guaranteed a first-class musical experience and a performance that is engaging, sophisticated and streamlined. They have performed at prestigious venues across London including: The V&A Museum, The Natural History Museum, The National Theatre, Thames river cruises, The Cutty Sark and at the Residence of the Brazilian Ambassador in Mayfair.

Vintage Latin Lounge: Bossa Nova and Latin Jazz:

So danco samba - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Triste - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Corcovado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Este seu olhar- Antonio Carlos Jobim
Samba em preludio - Vinicio de Moraes
Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Agua de Beber - Antonio Carlos Jobim
One note samba - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Song for my father - Horace Silver
Chega de saudade (No more Blues)- Antonio Carlos Jobim
O pato - Jayme Silva
Manha de carnaval
Desafinado- Antonio Carlos Jobim
Samba de orfeu- Luis Bonfa
A ra - Caetano Veloso
Estate- Bruno Martino

Latin jazz/ funk:

Berimbau - Baden Powell
Mas que nada - Ben jor
Ronco De Cuica 
Canteloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
Watermelon man- Herbie Hancock
Bésame Mucho 
Caravan
Deixe Pra La
Aquarela do Brasil 
Take it Easy My Brother Charlie - Ben Jor
Partido Alto 
Carinhoso- Pixinguiha
Spain- Chick Corea
500 Miles high - Chick Corea

Cuban:

Guantanamera
El Manisero
Oye como va
El Cuarto de Tula
Dos Gardenias 

Jazz Standards:

All of Me
All the Things You Are
Anthropology
Anything Goes
Autumn Leaves
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Black Coffee
Blue Moon
Body and Soul
Can’t Help Loving That Man of Mine
Cry Me a River
Detour Ahead
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Easy Living
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Extenuate the Positive
Fly Me to the Moon
Georgia on My Mind
Honey Suckle Rose
Honeysuckle Rose
How High the Moon
I Fall in Love to Easily
I Get a Kick out of You
I Put a Spell on You
Is You is or is You Ain’t My Baby
It Don’t Mean a Thing
It Had to Be You
I’m in the Mood for Love
I’ve Got Rhythm
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Just Friends
Love Me or Leave Me
Lullaby of Birdland
Mac the Knife
Mean to Me
Misty
My Baby Just Cares for Me
My Funny Valentine
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Night and Day
Peel Me a Grape
Prelude to a Kiss
Route 66
Skylark
Someone to Watch over Me
Summertime
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Take the a Train
Tea for Two
The Lady is a Tramp
The Man I Love
The More I See You
The Sunny Side of the Street
Twisted
What is This Thing Called Love
When I Get Low I Get High
When You’re Smiling
Whisper Not
Why Don’t You Do Right
You Go to My Head
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
You're Driving Me Crazy

Pop (Many performed and arranged in a more vintage style, so not exactly as the original version.)

50’s and 60’s:

Hit the road Jack- Ray Charles
Love potion no.9- The Searchers
Twist and Shout - Beatles
I saw her standing there - Beatles
Strawberry Fields - Beatles
Michelle - Beatles
Take another little piece of my heart- Janis Joplin
Feeling good- Nina Simone
Stand by me- Ben E King
Light my fire- The doors
Sitting on the dock of the bay- Ottis Reading
Just the two of us- Bill Withers
Rescue me- Fontella bass

Use me- Bill Withers
Sunny- Bobby Hebb
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Isn’t she Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Heard it through the Grapevine- Marvin Gaye
Sexual Healing- Marvin Gaye
Son of a Preacher Man- Dusty Springfield
Heart of Glass- Blondie
I want you back- Jackson 5
Dreams- Fleetwood Mac
Tainted love- Soft cell
Billie Jean- Michael Jackson
Blame it on the Boogie- Michael Jackson
I can't help it- Michael Jackson
This Masquerade- Leon Russell
Kiss- Prince

Sweet Child of Mine- Guns n' Roses
Love fool- The Cardigans
Smell’s like teen spirit- Nirvana
Creep- Radiohead
Can’t get you out of my head- Kyle Minogue
All about that bass- Meghan Trainor
Seven nation army – The White Stripes
Toxic – Britney Spears
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Stronger than me - Amy Winehouse
Back to Black- Amy Winehouse
Crazy- Knarls Barkley
If I ain't got you- Alicia Keys 

Despacito- Justin Bieber
Feel it still- Portugal, the man
Havana- Camilla Cabello
Forget you- Ceelo green

I want to be like you- The Jungle book

Quando Quando- Tony Regis (Michael Buble)
Volare - Domenico Modugno (Dean Martin)
Tu vuo fa l’Americano- Renato Carosone