featuring Sitti Navarro,
LSGH Kundirana Alumni, Enrique, Twin Lobster & RS10
at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium,
De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila
4pm-8pm
{ Tickets at Php 250 & Php 500 inclusive of drinks, snacks and 1 raffle stub }
Posts Tagged ‘Cafe Bossa’
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
featuring Sitti Navarro,
LSGH Kundirana Alumni, Enrique, Twin Lobster & RS10
at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium,
De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila
4pm-8pm
“BEBOP, BOSSA, ATBP. featuring Sitti, Sandra Lim-Viray and Aisaku Live! @ The Oxford Suites Makati”
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Music aficionados: watch out for a triple treat of live music come Friday night at 8, July 23, at The Oxford Suites Makati (Durban corner P. Burgos St., Makati Avenue). Aptly titled “BEBOP, BOSSA, ATBP.”, the show features a rare mix of artists bringing their brand of music into one exciting collaboration.
There’s SITTI NAVARRO, undisputedly the Philippines’ Queen of Bossa Nova. She could very well be the “Girl from Ipanema” that Jobim described in his song as “tall and tan, and young and lovely”. When her first album of bossa classics and originals titled Cafe Bossa hit the charts, numerous artists and record labels followed suit, thus reviving the bossa nova trend. Through the years and after several hit albums, Sitti has stood above the rest and has distinguished herself as the artist who started it all.
Providing the “Bebop” flavor is Manila Jazz Diva SANDRA LIM-VIRAY. A singer of Ella-like pathos and range, Sandra has earned the recognition of jazz artists and enthusiasts, having been president of the Jazz Society of the Philippines, and now President and Chairman of the Philippine International Jazz and Arts Festival. Considered THE premier jazz singer in the country today, Sandra is known for a vast repertoire that she consistently renders with her impeccable voice, mastery of scat, and soulful interpretation.
Jazz with a “Pinoy twist” will be provided by AISAKU YOKOGAWA, Japanese Jazz and OPM artist. Born to and raised by Japanese parents, Aisaku is an amazing multi-lingual performer. Aside from singing in his native tongue, he never fails to surprise the audience by dishing out OPM favorites in flawless Tagalog. Aisaku’s talent is evident in his repertoire of Latin ditties translated into Tagalog known as “Salinawit”, by no less than award-winning poet and journalist Pete Lacaba, and Japanese songs popularized by Ted Ito.
Accompanying these brilliant artists are Joel Galang on keyboards, Edgar Avenir on guitar, Jessie Jodloman Jr. on bass, Jun Viray on drums, and Louie Boogie on percussions.
Tickets will be available at The Oxford Suites Makati (02) 899-7888 / (02) 897-0548 for Php 500. You may also contact mJ at 0917.271.4829 or email at tangerineskies.inc@gmail.com if you would like to buy your tickets in advance.
The event is presented by Xquisite Artist International Productions, TangerineSkies Entertainment Gateway, JFK Music and The Oxford Suites Makati in partnership with Sindikato Productions, White Box Studio Rental, Chi Romano-Dulce, SATB, VerJube Photographics, The Heirloom Manila, ClicktheCity.com, Jazzuality.com, ICON Online Magazine, Daigdig Pinoy, Women’s Journal and People’s Journal.
Inten-Sitti Bossa Nova
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
EVENT: Inten-Sitti Bossa Nova
DATES: May 29 & June 18, 2010
VENUE: Europa Dance Bar
La Fuerza Bldg., Don Chino roces Avenue, Makati City
TICKET: Php 1,200.00 ( Inclusive of plated dinner and a welcome drink)
Tickets at Europa Dance Bar or make reservations to telephone numbers (02) 6666351, 09173539921 and 09162418573. Free seating except for sponsors, they will have a reserved seats.
CAFE BOSSA BY SITTI
Sunday, March 12th, 2006
By Philip Cu-Unjieng
In the tradition of such established female artists as Nina, Kitchie Nadal and Barbie Almalbis, Sitti (Katrina Navarro) is Warner’s new contract artist. This young vocalist’s first CD is Cafe Bossa, and it firmly places her in an intelligently arranged, Brazilian-inspired jazz idiom. I would hazard the guess that if Japan can produce mainstream artists working in this idiom, Warner’s thinking is that it’s high time we produce and promote our own.
You have to give credit to executive producer Ricky Ilacad and manager Garrie Trinidad for the choice of material and musical positioning of this 21-year-old warbler who’s a Business Economics graduate from UP. The expected standards such as Girl from Ipanema, One Note Samba, Wave, Bridges, and Mas Que Nada are present and accounted for; but into this mix, some contemporary tunes are given that Brazilian/Filipino treatment. Among others, we find Janis Ian’s At 17, D’Sound’s Tattooed on My Mind, The Lady Wants to Know of Michael Franks, Soft Melody of John Kaizan Neptune and Julia Fordham’s Invisible War. A real gem is the revival of Bong Pinera’s Samba Song. And there’s the ambitious reworking of Close To You and Half A Minute into a medley – yes, it’s Basia channeling the Carpenters through Sitti.
