San Francisco, California (Top40 Charts/ Lua Hadar Official Website) Vocalist Lua Hadar with her band TWIST make their Yoshi's Oakland debut on Sunday, March 11 at 7pm with their signature "Jazz Without Borders," an evening of international jazz. The set list includes several tunes from the band's new CD, Like A Bridge, recently recorded at the legendary Fantasy Studios, Berkeley. Also, a new song by guest pianist-vocalist-composer Candace Forest receives its U.S. premiere, along with an eclectic mix from the band's "jazz without borders" repertoire, sung in several languages by multi-lingual vocalist Lua Hadar. The band includes Jason Martineau on piano, Dan Feiszli on bass, Celso Alberti on drums, Ian Dogole on global percussion, Larry de la Cruz on reeds. Tickets are $12 in advance at www.yoshis.com and $15 at the door. Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, 510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland, phone 510-238-9200.
About TWIST:
Lua Hadar with TWIST performs international standards with a different 'twist' on style; they also present both original and rarely performed songs, in several different languages. English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Malagasy (the language of Madagascar) will be represented in the upcoming recording.
About the BRIDGES PROJECT and Like A Bridge (CD):
The new CD, Like A Bridge, is the centerpiece of the 3-year Bridges Project, which also includes education and international exchange. Hadar sings in seven different languages (including Japanese and Malagasy) in this new recording, which uses the Bridge as a metaphor for the connections we can make with each other to foster world unity and harmony. Each song represents a part of that bridge in language or theme.
Guest performers on the new CD include cellist Emil Miland (who made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2010), koto player Fumiko Ozawa and jazz accordionist
David Miotke.
The New York CD release of Like A Bridge is slated for April 14, 2012, at midtown Manhattan's SOMETHIN' Jazz Club. And TWIST will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge this year, with a West Coast release at Berkeley's Jazzschool on June 3. www.luahadar.com
About the upcoming DVD:
The Bridges Project includes broadcast-quality video, which was also recorded at Fantasy Studios and directed by Lawrence Jordan, who has directed for Tony Bennett, Eddie Izzard, Sting, Mariah Carey, Billy Joel,
George Michael,
Vanessa Williams and many more. The video features Lua Hadar, the full band and guest performers, including South African singer Gideon Bendile and his group, Kalahari Experience, singing in Zulu on a French language world beat song written by French pop star, Maxime Le Forestier. The DVD is slated for debut in the fall of 2012.
About Lua Hadar:
Lua Hadar is a multi-lingual vocalist and actor, a teaching artist and an independent producer. She has a lifelong commitment to cultural exchange and has enjoyed collaborations in Bali, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Switzerland and Thailand. The mission of her band, TWIST, is to create world harmony through music.
A unique and original vocalist with a soaring range, Lua interprets lyrics in several languages with a charming, swinging delivery. She has appeared at The Fairmont Hotel, The Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco's Rrazz Room, The Plush Room and Jazz at Pearl's, New York's Iridium Jazz Club and Cornelia Street Café, the Swan Bar in Paris, Theatre Les Tisserands in Lille, France, and at the Bangkok International Festival of Dance & Music. Her upcoming performances include Yoshi's Oakland, Somethin' Jazz Club in New York City and The Jazzschool in Berkeley. www.luahadar.com
What: Jazz Without Borders
Who: Vocalist Lua Hadar and global jazz band TWIST
When: 7pm on March 11, 2012 (Sunday)
Where: Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant
510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland CA 94607
Phone 510-238-9200
Tickets - $12 Advance (at www.yoshis.com) and $15 at Door
New York CD Release Information:
"Like a Bridge" CD Release
7pm and 9pm on April 14 (Saturday)
SOMETHIN' Jazz Club
212 E. 52nd Street, 3rd Floor, NYC, NY 10022
Phone 212-371-7657
Tickets $15 (at https://bit.ly/z119et ) with $10 drink min.
Venue Website - www.somethinjazz.com/ny/
West Coast Release Information:
"Like A Bridge" West Coast CD Release
4:30pm on June 3 (Sunday)
Jazzschool Concert Series
2087 Addison St.
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone (510) 845-5373
Tickets $15 adults, $5 youth
Venue Website - www.jazzschool.com
