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Since their debut in 2003, Com Você has been revisiting the classics of Brazilian music and offering them in fresh, new perspective. The group is led by Polish-born vocalist and arranger Maggie Grebowicz and Texan-born saxophonist Stan Killian. From the bossa nova onwards, they arrange well-known repertoire for the acoustic jazz quintet format. The singer switches freely between Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, English, and word-less vocal, and arrangements feature rich sax-vocal interaction and a variety of complex rhythmic patterns. The group also revisits the classics of MPB and compositions by American composers whose work engages Brazilian traditions, like Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Arto Lindsay, and Jack De Johnette. Peter Westbrook writes in jazzreview.com: “Overall it is remarkable how these seemingly diverse elements fit together…. It all works, as the singer bends each piece to her unique styling, hands it off to the various soloists, and then reclaims it for a final rendering…. For lovers of both jazz and Brazilian music, this is something fresh that deserves a hearing.”

Originally from Texas, they have performed at the most prestigious jazz venues in Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, as well as the major jazz festivals. Today the group is based on the East Coast and performs regularly in New York City, Washington DC, and Baltimore. Their opening for Brazilian singer/songwriter Zé Renato marks their debut in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Their first CD, "Candeias," was released in March 2007. It consists of original arragnements of songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, Marcos Valle, Edu Lobo, Caetano Veloso, and Pat Metheny. Eddy Hobizal, who here plays Fender Rhodes, won Third Place in the International Theolonious Monk Jazz Competition in 1989. Andy Langham (piano) and Hamilton Price (bass) have performed with such jazz legends as Tom Harrell, Sam Rivers, Mike Stern, Dewey Redman, Randy Brecker, and Ravi Coltrane. Drummer Kyle Thompson has worked with the legendary producer of contemporary Brazilian music, Stephen Barber, both live and in the studio. Special guest Philippe Vieux, who here plays baritone saxophone and flute, has played with Cedar Walton, Horace Silver, Tito Puente and appears on recordings by latin jazz greats Eddie Palmieri and Patato Valdez. French magazine Openmag writes, "Com Você superbly enriches the classics of Jobim and of Caetano Veloso. They also brilliantly revisit Gershwin's 'S'Wonderful.' Exquisite and promising."