DESCRIPTION:
Live at Cornelia Street Café 3/24/13

"Paper Planes" by M.I.A., arranged by Kavita Shah
www.kavitashahmusic.com
www.facebook.com/kavitashahmusic

Kavita Shah - voice
Steve Wilson - sax
Gilad Hekselman - guitar
Adam Kromelow - piano
Noam Wiesenberg - bass
Guilhem Flouzat - drums
Stephen Cellucci - tabla

---

Hailed by Downbeat Magazine as the "Best Graduate Jazz Vocalist" (2012) and winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award (2013), Kavita Shah is an emerging singer, composer, and arranger. A native New Yorker of Indian origin fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French, Ms. Shah incorporates elements of Indian, Brazilian, and Malian music into her jazz-based repertoire. Her debut CD "Visions"--produced by Benin-born jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke--combines the sounds of a traditional jazz rhythm section with those of non-Western instruments like the tabla and kora. "Visions", which includes special guests Lionel Loueke (guitar, vocals), Steve Wilson (saxophone, flute), and Rogerio Boccato (percussion), will be released in 2013.

Ms. Shah leads her own jazz quintet and the 3rd World Orquestra, a 13-piece ensemble with strings. In addition to solo projects, she regularly works with contemporary composers and has premiered over 12 works in ensembles ranging from chamber groups to jazz philharmonic. She is a member of the Steve Newcomb Orchestra ("Caterpillar Chronicles," Listen/Hear Collective 2012), and is also the lead voice for tabla virtuoso Samir Chatterjee's project "Rabi Thakur."