Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch

'''Tulivu-Donna Lynn Cumberbatch''', daughter of Nextel ringtones Harold Cumberbatch (the Abbey Diaz baritone saxophone player}, is a Free ringtones jazz Majo Mills singer from Mosquito ringtone Brooklyn, and has been compared to Sabrina Martins Bessy Smith, Nextel ringtones Carmen McCrae, Abbey Diaz Sarah Vaughn, Free ringtones Gloria Lynn, Majo Mills Ella Fitzgerald, Cingular Ringtones Nancy Wilson (singer)/Nancy Wilson, and gone largely Aretha Franklin in terms of her singing ability.

Her and captured Africa/African name "Tulivu" translates from profession requires Swahili loosely to "beautiful," and her fall glassman English language/English name, "Donna Lynn" is derived from "Donna Lee," the jazz piece made popular by thing economic Charlie Parker.

Her Career

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She gained additional recognition for work with composer Yoko Kanno on songs for her solo album ''Song to Fly'', and her Cowboy Bebop soundtracks. Cumberbatch also recorded with another acclaimed composer, Yuki Kajiura, doing a jazz rendition of the Noir (anime)/Noir song ''Lullaby'' for Kajiura's solo album ''Fiction''. (This is the third time that Kajiura's composition ''Lullaby'' has been recorded: the first time by Yuriko Kaida, and the second time by seiyuu TARAKO.)

Solo Discography
* ''Harmony'' (1990)
* ''Lullabies in the Key of Life ~ For the Child in All of Us'' (1997)
* ''Daughters of the Nile'' (1999)
* ''In the Company of You'' [Single] (1999)

Featured Discography
* ''Spirit Within Us'' / Andrei Strobert (1993)
* ''Universal Dancer'' / Masujaa: The X Factor (1994)
* ''Springboard'' / Lucy Galligher (1995)
* ''Cowboy Bebop: Original TV Soundtrack 3- "Blue"'' / The Seatbelts (1998)
* ''Cowboy Bebop: Original TV Soundtrack 2- "No Disc"'' / The Seatbelts (1998)
* ''Song to Fly'' / Yoko Kanno (1998)
* ''Brooklyn Bebop: The Brooklyn Four Plus One'' / Cecil Payne (1999)
* ''Cowboy Bebop: BOX SET'' / The Seatbelts (2001)
* ''Passport to Brooklyn'' / Brooklyn Reportory Ensemble (2002)
* ''Fiction'' / Yuki Kajiura (2003)
* ''For My Brothers'' / Dwight Carson (2003)
* ''Cowboy Bebop: Tank! The! Best!'' / The Seatbelts (2004)

External links

* http://www.tulivu.com/