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Kat Parra
Kat Parra has leapt beyond the boundaries of the typical latin jazz singer
About Me
Kat Parra has leapt beyond the boundaries of the typical latin jazz singer. With her thirst
for the exploration of world rhythms and tonalities, she has developed a style of music
that encompasses sounds that both transcend and bend the stereotypical definition of
latin jazz. She has incorporated not only afro-cuban music, but also added afro-peruvian,
middle eastern, south american folklore as well as nueva trova. Most interestingly, she has
also been developing, along with her musical director Murray Low, new arrangements of
Sephardic music, the music of the Spanish Jews sung in the dying language of Ladino. Kat
sings fluently in English, Spanish and Portuguese as well. With this multi-lingual and
multi-musical experience, Kat Parra is able to transport her audiences to an exciting and
vibrant journey of world and latin music.
Parra has achieved a great amount of critical acclaim and success since leaving her
corporate hi-tech job to pursue a full-time musical career. Not only has she been signed
to a two CD contract with Wayne Wallace's independent record label, Patois Records, but
she has been invited to perform in Brazil, Chicago and Seattle as well as top-tier venues
around the San Francisco Bay Area (ie San Jose Jazz Festival, Sonoma Jazz Festival, San
Francisco Summer JazzFest, Pearls, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, etc).