Party: Kavita Shah

Party: Kavita Shah

An “amazing” (NPR) new voice in contemporary music, Kavita Shah is gaining a reputation as a visionary young singer, composer, and arranger.

A native New Yorker of Indian origin fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French, Ms. Shah incorporates diverse musical and personal elements into her jazz-based repertoire.

Hailed by Downbeat Magazine as the "Best Graduate Jazz Vocalist" (2012) and winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award (2013), Shah's debut album VISIONS (produced by Benin-born jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke) combines the sounds of the traditional Indian tablas and West African kora with those of a jazz quintet. The result? A bewitching jazz that at once disorients the listener and leads to new musical territories.

Musicians
Victor Gould - piano
Bam Bam Rodriguez - bass
Guilhem Flouzat - drums
Stephen Cellucci - tabla

Invited: Karine Tremblay, Matthias Puech, Eric Coutu, Marianne Laugel, Joel Giberovitch, Morgane Bzd, Vivi Tricote, D'carienz Ecka, Bhanwar Singh, Anurag Anurag Sharma, Cristiano Skill Shankara Css, Baba Bunty Swami, Anil Katariya