To kick off the celebration of my 50th Birthday, I have decided to launch a Kickstarter Campaign to help me finish my latest recording project, “Las Aventuras de Pasión”

“Las Aventuras de Pasión” is a musical adventure full of passion that journeys around the globe combining the voice with instruments and rhythms to create a vibrant and exotic World Music sound. The majority of the songs have been created with a sparseness to showcase the voice with varied instrumentation. I have pulled from classical music, afro-cuban, middle-eastern, afro-peruvian and all the way to the ancient sounds of Sephardic music (music of the Spanish Jews). It is amazing how well all these different styles work so harmoniously together!

I’ve spent all of my savings, borrowed money and used grant money to record 11 songs and pay all the people who have been involved in the project to this point, but there are still 3 songs that need to be mixed as well as mastering, manufacturing of CDs and the radio and PR campaigns. It’s a big, and fun, process, and I would love for you to be a part of it.

If you click on the link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339539559/las-aventuras-de-pasion-come-on-an-adventure-with?ref=live you can see a video I created to talk about the project. There is also more of a descriptive about the music at the website. If you are able to donate, there are many special one-of-a-kind gifts to be had. Any amount helps, large or small. Thanks so much!

We did it! Thank you so much for all of your votes and support in helping me to garner this wonderful honor. Here’s what Chip Boaz from the Latin Jazz Corner had to say about my vocals:
Dos Amantes
Kat Parra & The Sephardic Music Experience
“Vocalist Kat Parra emerged onto the scene years ago with her strong debut Birds in Flight, and continued churning out top-notch Latin Jazz through two more releases. Dos Amantes saw Parra diving headfirst into her musical passion, jazz influenced arrangements of traditional Sephardic music, delivered with a Caribbean flavor. This was uncharted water to say the least, but Parra’s thorough research and superb musicality allowed her to wrap her rich vocal tone around the multiple influences with a commanding presence. Parra’s outstanding vocal performance on Dos Amantes expressed her unique concept with clarity and conviction, opening the doors onto a bright future for combinations of Sephardic music and Latin Jazz.”

Again, thank you for helping me to end the year on such a high note!

Here is another video from our CD release concert at Yoshi’s SF on January 18th. Los Bilbilicos features Murray Low: piano, Peter Barshay: bass, Katja Cooper: percussion, Paul van Wageningen: drums, Masaru Koga: flute and Lila Sklar: violin.

Enjoy!