The band started playing covers and their own versions of classical songs of Brazilian music, specially bossa nova by Tom Jobim, João Gilberto,Rosa Passos, Leny Andrade, Leila Pinheiro and many others in jazz clubs, small theatres, bars and private events for companies. In the year 2000 they had the opportunity of recording their first Cd of original songs.

The band is formed as a quartet, with members of various nationalities:

TERESA VELEZ – Portuguese - Voice Leader and main founder of the band project .

MARKUS BRITTO - Brazilian - guitar / bass /compositions / vocals / arrangements and production .

ERNESTO LEITE - Belgian - Piano / Synth / compositions / arrangements / guitar and vocals.

HENRY SOUSA - Canadian– Drums

- In 2001, their first album, “Natural”, was released on January by a German Independent Record Company named GLM Musikverlag/ Finemusic (www.glm.de), placed in Munich.

The album was distributed not only in Germany but also in Austria and Poland as well as in several countries in Asia,(China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong by Master Music), having an excellent reception by local press.

- In 2005, the second album " Luz In the Night " ,was released by Japanese label Ward Records , being distributed and sold only in Japanese market.

- The third album, " Continuando ... " , was released in 2009 , originally by the group'sown label , ESL Music . Was distributed in the Portuguese market, and then made a 2nd edition in 2010 by a German label Laika Records, and was distributed in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

- The fourth album, "Nossas Novas" , was released independently and is being distributed by Primetime in Portugal. The album was produced between Sep/2011- Mar/2013 and it’s being promoted since Jan 2014. Contacts with several international record companies are being made by the group because there is a huge interest in promoting our music in as many countries as possible.

From this latest musical production and in agreement with the other band members , the vocal leader Teresa Velez became the leading figure of the band, with the remaining elements on the post production , compositions ,arrangements, and all collaborations studio and live performances .

For further information about Velez, you can visit our websites:

www.velezmusic.net https://www.facebook.com/pages/Velez/230434710455657 www.myspace.com/velezproject

http://www.laika-records.com/Katalog.html