Sofie & So Four

Belgian Band Based Around The Female Jazz & Pop Singer Sofie Verbruggen. Sofie Is A Prominent Member In The World Of Belgian Showbiz Whether It Was As A Singer In The Popular Band Trinity Or Performing As A Solo Singer It’s Clear Sofie Has Been Writing Belgian Music History.
She Managed To Conquer Hearts Of The Audience With Her Classy Concerts. Her Musical Heritage Married With Her Love For Pop Rock R&B And Jazz Combined To Form Her Highly Personal Distinctive Vocal Style. The Antwerp Born Singer First Hit The Stage At The Age Of 14 . A Few Years Later She Won The First Prize And The Press Prize In A National TV Contest "Ontdek De Ster" Discover A Star . As A Result Of This Contest She Started To Work With Belgium's Number One Pop Band "The Pebbles". Together They Formed A Band Called Trinity Which Was Signed By Phonogram. This Collaboration Resulted In 8 Hit Singles And 2 Albums In The Benelux. In 1981 Sofie After Deciding To Go Solo Represented Belgium At The Korean Song Festival Where She Received The "Most Outstanding Performance Award" With A Song Called "He Loves Me". In The Same Year She Signed A Contract With Ariola Belgium Which Resulted In A Big Hit With One Of The Most Beautiful Ballads Ever To Come Out Of Belgium 'I Love You'. The Song Was Also A Big Success In Japan Korea & Thailand. With Her Album "When Morning Comes" Sofie Confirms Her Exceptional Status As A Jazz Singer. The Album Was Produced By Her Jazz Mate And Jazz Pianist Jack Van Poll Dee Dee Bridgewater Deborah Brown ... . Jazz Guitarist Phillip Catherine Did A Guest Appearance On This Album.
A Few Years Later On The Occasion Of Jack's 65Th Birthday Sofie Participated On The Album "Live In Cape Town" A Remarkable Concert With The Cape Town String Ensemble Among International Artists Like Stacy Rowles L.A. Silvia Droste Germany Denise Jannah Netherlands . With The Album "So Far So Good" CNR Sofie Proved To Be Able To Cope With Different Styles And Bring Pop Jazz Funk & Soul On An International Level. In 1995 Sofie Did A Remarkable Duet With Soul Legend Bobby Wommack "I Wanna Know What Love Is" To Be Found The Album “Love Loops”. The Track "Always Be There" From The Same Album Written By Sofie Herself & By Producer Hervé Martens Is Still Used As A Tune For TV Series In Japan. In 1999 Sofie Appeared In The Successful Rock-Opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" At Forest National With Soulsister Singer Paul Michiels And The Regretfully Deceased Robert Mosuse. 2004 - The Album “Tell Me Something Good” TTT Records With Guest Performance Of Toots Thielemans Found His Way To The Radios With 2 Hitsingels The Finest And I Found Lovin. For A Few Years Now Sofie Has Been Teaching At The Jazz Department In The Conservatory Of Ghent. She Is Also A Teacher In Pop Music For The Halewynstichting In Dworp. In 2006 She Has Been Asked To Be A Jury Member In The TV Show “Just The Two Of Us”. Only Recently Sofie Unveiled Her Newest Project A Full CD With A Classical Orchestra The Beethoven Academy Conducted By Dirk Brossé . It’s A Kind Of Evergreen CD With Paul Carrack As A Special Guest Mike & The Mechanics Squeeze … . The CD Includes Songs Such As Afie Bridge Over Troubled Water Somewhere Out There …
The CD-Release Took Place On 1 March 2007 In The Bourla In Antwerp. Sofie Is A True Artist Whose Creativity Knows No Boundaries. With Her Splendid Voice She Knows To Bring Every Song In A Sensitive And Honest Way Which Gives Her Concerts A Special Class. More Sites About Sofie Click Here And Here. Or Visit Www.Myspace.Com/sofiesofour And Facebook A Site About Trinity You Can Find Here read less