Kavita Shah Quintet

An « amazing » new voice in contemporary music (NPR), Kavita Shah is gaining a reputation as a visionary young singer, composer, and arranger. Hailed by Downbeat Magazine as the « Best Graduate Jazz Vocalist » (2012) and winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award (2013), Ms. Shah–a native New Yorker of Indian origin fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French–incorporates diverse musical elements into her jazz-based repertoire. Her debut album VISIONS (co-produced by guitar virtuoso Lionel Loueke) combines the sounds of the traditional Indian tablas and West African kora with those of a jazz quintet.

Kavita Shah, voice & compositions
Ralph Lavital, guitar
Leo Montana, piano
François Moutin, doublebass
Karl Jannuska, drums

5€

Kavita Shah Quintet

Friday 16 January 2015

Live session at 5pm – Free Entrance

An « amazing » new voice in contemporary music (NPR), Kavita Shah is gaining a reputation as a visionary young singer, composer, and arranger. Hailed by Downbeat Magazine as the « Best Graduate Jazz Vocalist » (2012) and winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award (2013), Ms. Shah–a native New Yorker of Indian origin fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French–incorporates diverse musical elements into her jazz-based repertoire. Her debut album VISIONS (co-produced by guitar virtuoso Lionel Loueke) combines the sounds of the traditional Indian tablas and West African kora with those of a jazz quintet.

Kavita Shah, voice & compositions
Ralph Lavital, guitar
Leo Montana, piano
François Moutin, doublebass
Karl Jannuska, drums

5€

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