Event

Kat Parra

The Kat Parra Latin World Ensemble will take you on a journey through the different stages of life in the Sephardic/Ladino traditions. Kat will take you from the birth of Abraham, to the trial and tribulations of growing up and leaving home, to the many varied experiences of love and loss. This concert is sure to captivate the audience as Kat seamlessly weaves these songs into stories to which all can relate. Kat will also present some of her Latin Jazz repertoire.

Kat Parra is an award-winning jazz vocal musician, composer, lyricist and arranger with an international perspective. In 2006, she quit her job as a graphic designer at Cisco Systems, Inc. to pursue her passion for music and shes never looked back. Since then she has performed in Amsterdam, Brazil and Mexico as well as top-tier venues throughout the United States, earned the designation of Best Latin Jazz Vocalist of 2010 and 2008 by Latin Jazz Corner, and received a 2008 nomination for Latin Jazz Album of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association. She has created an engaging and unique repertoire with fresh and exciting new arrangements. Kat is as comfortable singing the American songbook as she is singing songs from across Latin America, the Caribbean and beyond. She sings fluently in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Ladino (Judeo-Espanyol).

Joining Kat Parra for this event will be Murray Low: piano, Masaru Koga: woodwinds, Aaron Germain: bass and Dan Foltz: drums.
www.katparra.com

Sunday, March 18, 2 pm
Congregation Netivot Shalom
1316 University Ave, Berkeley
Concert & Dessert - $20

Presented by Cozy Concerts and the Congregation Netivot Shalom Jazzkleztet

Cozy Concert Reviews:

"Lively fun event! The music was great. I went home very happy."

"Really enjoyed the music (it's fun to sit close to such talent)." - October 2015

"What a great event, in a warm and perfect setting for the wonderful music. A winning evening." - October 2015