New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Lua Hadar Official Website) Fresh from their Yoshi's debut, vocalist Lua Hadar with her band TWIST release their new CD, Like A Bridge, Saturday, April 14 at 7pm and 9pm at SOMETHIN' Jazz Club in New York, with an eclectic mix from the band's signature "jazz without borders" repertoire, sung in several languages by multi-lingual vocalist Lua Hadar. The set list includes several tunes from the band's new CD, Like A Bridge, recently recorded at the legendary Fantasy Studios, Berkeley. The band features
Music Director/Arranger Jason Martineau on piano with stellar New York players Tom Hubbard on bass, Vince Cherico on drums and Mark Vinci on reeds. SOMETHIN' Jazz Club, 212 E. 52nd Street, 3rd Floor, NYC, NY 10022, Phone 212-371-7657. Tickets $15 (at https://bit.ly/LuaApril14), $10 drink min. Venue website: www.somethinjazz.com
Hi res photo downloads: https://www.luahadar.com/downloads.html
Youtube clip: https://youtu.be/TWfK3mUQUZI
Video interview: Lua Hadar discusses the project with interviewer Joe Marchi on his television show, Regards to Broadway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1eqYk7ido
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) are represented in the upcoming recording, which uses the Bridge as a metaphor for the connections we can make with each other to foster world unity and harmony.
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, as well as passionate commitment and humor. She has appeared at Yoshi's Oakland, 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 and Music. Her upcoming performances are at SOMETHIN' Jazz Club in New York City and The Jazzschool in Berkeley, where she releases her 3rd CD, Like A Bridge, recorded at Fantasy Studios.
Hadar delivers Master Classes in interpretation and style of the body of musical material known as The Great American Songbook, part of her heritage as a native New Yorker and daughter of a musician. Her San Francisco-based Studio NPG provides professional development for performing artists and offers salon concerts and events for the community, featuring teaching artists such as Broadway-TV-film star, Faith Prince, among others. www.luahadar.com
About the BRIDGES PROJECT and Like A Bridge:
The new CD, Like A Bridge, is the centerpiece of the 3-year Bridges Project, which will also include 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 core band is comprised of
Music Director Jason Martineau on piano, Dan Feiszli on bass, Celso Alberti on drums, Ian Dogole on global percussion and Larry De La Cruz on reeds.
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.
New York CD Release Information: CALENDAR
"Like a Bridge" CD Release - Lua Hadar with TWIST
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/LuaApril14), with $10 drink min.
Venue Website - www.somethinjazz.com/ny/
