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Kavita Shah is a New York City-based jazz singer and composer of Indian descent. Shah has performed and recorded with musicians such as Lionel Loueke, Steve Wilson, Yacouba Sissoko, Rogerio Boccato, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and Samir Chatterjee. Shah was named by Downbeat Magazine as the "Best Graduate Jazz Vocalist" (2012) and winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award (2013).〔http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/events/fsw/cu/2013/profiles/kavita-shah.aspx〕 Shah's 2014 debut album, "Visions", was produced by Benin-born jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke, and released on saxophonist Greg Osby's record label Inner Circle Music. "Visions" combines a jazz quintet with the West African kora and Indian tabla and includes special guests Loueke (guitar, vocals), Steve Wilson (saxophone, flute), and Rogerio Boccato (percussion).〔http://news.allaboutjazz.com/vocalist-composer-kavita-shah-to-celebrate-release-of-debut-album-visions-tuesday-may-27-at-joes-pub.php#.U3-ckMbgVuY〕 == Early years == Shah grew up in Manhattan, where she studied classical piano and performed regularly at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center as a member of the award-winning Young People's Chorus of NYC.〔http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/soul-to-soul-2/2/〕 Her family is of Gujarati origin, and her parents are originally from Mumbai, India.〔http://theindianeye.net/indian-americans-win-herb-alpert-jazz-award/〕 Shah holds a B.A. from Harvard College in Latin American Studies. During her Harvard years, she lived abroad in Brazil and conducted fieldwork on Afro-Brazilian music and politics; her senior thesis "Experiments with Transnationalism: Constructing Diaspora in the bloco-afro Malê Debalê” was awarded the Kenneth D. Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies and the Cultural Agents Thesis Prize. While at Harvard, Shah also received the Cecilia Meireles Prize and David McCord Prize.〔http://www.metro.us/newyork/events/kavita-shah-and-lionel-loueke/〕 Shah received her Master's in Jazz Voice from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge, Steve Wilson, and Jim McNeely. 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kavita Shah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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