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VOCALIST and COMPOSER KAT PARRA RETURNS WITH HER NEW ENSEMBLE, THE SEPHARDIC MUSIC 
EXPERIENCE in DOS AMANTES, a STUNNING NEW DISC OUT JANUARY 12, 2010 on JAZZMA RECORDS

“... a moveable feast of Latin styles... [Her vocals are] beautifully shaped; her grasp of [the] archaic Judeo-
Spanish style is remarkable.”
— Philip Van Vleck, Billboard Review

“... an exceptional world-music ambassador... an album [Azucar de Amor] about hope and, by extension,
music’s role as a universally uniting force.” — Chris Loudon, JazzTimes

“Parra isn’t content with tried and true formulas. Since the release of her impressive 2006 debut she’s been
creating an ambitious, often unexpected, repertoire. Parra possesses a voice with personality and soul.”
— Andrew Gilbert, NPR’s “California Report”

Kat Parra explores her roots on her latest CD, Dos Amantes, a disc devoted entirely to songs of the Sephardic
(Spanish) Jews. Dos Amantes, which means “two lovers” in Ladino and Spanish, fuses the flavor of Sephardic
music with the sounds and colors of contemporary Latin jazz, a genre that shares many of the same cultural
diasporic streams. The concert will present sparkling new arrangements of this ancient music by Latin jazz
heavyweights Murray Low, Wayne Wallace, David Pinto (Susana Baca), and Oscar Stagnaro (Paquito D’Rivera).
On her previous CDs (Birds in Flight and Azúcar de Amor), Parra included Sephardic repertoire that delighted
critics and jazz fans alike. Upon being awarded a Zellerbach Family Foundation Grant, Parra was able to
take the work of her new ensemble – The Sephardic Music Experience – to the next level, resulting in Dos
Amantes’ groundbreaking explorations.

The Sephardic Music Experience:
Kat Parra: lead vocals
Murray Low: piano, musical director
Masaru Koga: woodwinds
Lila Sklar: violin
Peter Barshay: acoustic bass
Katja Cooper: percussion
Paul van Wageningen: drums

Special Guests:
Jason McGuire: guitar
Ravi Gutala: tablas
Temple Sinai Choir of Oakland, CA

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