Following their stunning debut at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club, world jazz vocalist LUA HADAR with her band, TWIST appear at the Bangkok 10th International Festival of Dance & Music, along with Zubin Mehta, Paul Taylor and the Ballet Flamenco. A unique and original vocalist with a soaring range, Hadar interprets lyrics in several languages with a charming, swinging delivery. TWIST plays its own brand of “jazz without borders,” spiced with elements of Latin, pop, funk, and international cabaret. October 6, at 7:30 PM, Thailand Cultural Center, Ratchadapisek Road, Bangkok 10320 Thailand, phone: +66 2 247 0028 www.bangkokfestivals.com. www.luahadar.com

San Francisco world jazz vocalist Lua Hadar takes her sophisticated high-energy band, TWIST, on its first international jaunt appearing October 6 in the Bangkok 10th International Festival of Dance and Music (www.bangkokfestivals.com). This festival comes on the heels of the successful release of her latest CD, Lua Hadar with TWIST, at New York’s famed Iridium Jazz Club. “It’s a particular thrill for me to be performing in a festival lineup that includes Zubin Mehta, Paul Taylor and the Ballet Flamenco,” says Hadar. TWIST’s tour band reflects the international flavor of Hadar’s repertoire, with musicians from Cuba, Great Britain, Hong Kong and the States, including Music Director and jazz pianist Jason Martineau and drummer Jim Zimmerman. A unique and original vocalist with a soaring range, Hadar interprets lyrics in several languages with a charming, swinging delivery. TWIST plays its own brand of “jazz without borders,” spiced with elements of Latin, pop, funk, and international cabaret. October 6, at 7:30 PM, Thailand Cultural Center, Ratchadapisek Road, Bangkok 10320 Thailand, phone: +66 2 247 0028 www.bangkokfestivals.com

Lua moves from stage to cabaret to jazz club with effervescent ease. A native New Yorker, from a musical family, Lua Hadar has performed as an actor and singer all her life. Her love for The Great American Songbook, begun in her New York childhood, mixes with her passion for world cultures, so jazz club and concert audiences enjoy an eclectic mix of grooves and languages, from the familiar to the exotic, but always with Lua’s fresh twist.

New York critic Joe Regan Jr.wrote about the May 10th release performance at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club: - ”a stunning evening - sheer beauty - every selection was dramatically on the nose - she rocked - her physical presence and body language remind one of the great Latin, Abbe Lane, at her peak. The evening was pure pleasure!”

Via EPR Network

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