Kavita Shah

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Kavita Shah is an award-winning vocalist, composer, ethnomusicology researcher, educator, and lifelong New Yorker hailed by NPR for possessing an “amazing dexterity for musical languages.” Her original projects blending modern jazz, new music, and world traditions include Visions (2014), Folk Songs of Naboréa (2017), Interplay (2018, nominated for France’s Victoires de la Musique for Jazz Album of the Year), and Cape Verdean Blues (Folkalist Records, 2023). Kavita performs her music at major concert halls, festivals, and clubs on six continents, and her work has been supported by New Music America, Chamber Music America, Jerome Foundation, Camargo Foundation, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and Park Avenue Armory. Her collaborators include NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan, Martial Solal, MacArthur Genius Miguel Zenón, Lionel Loueke, François Moutin, and Miho Hazama.

Kavita holds a B.A. in Latin American Studies from Harvard, an M.M. in Jazz Voice from Manhattan School of Music, and speaks nine languages. A fierce advocate for gender and racial equity in the arts, she was also a founding member of the We Have Voice Collective and the Ori-Gen Collective.

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Joia
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Women of the World by Putumayo
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Writer: Gerard Charles Mendes Sequeira (Boy Gé Mendes)

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  • Discography
Albums
℗ 2023 Folkalist Records
15-09-2023
Cape Verdean Blues
01
Angola
Kavita Shah
Cape Verdean Blues
05:05
Composers: Ramiro Mendes
02
Flor di nha esperança
Kavita Shah
Cape Verdean Blues
04:27
03
Joia
Kavita Shah
Cape Verdean Blues
04:00
Composers: Boy Gé Mendès - GERARD CHARLES MENDES SEQUEIRA
04
Um abraço di morabeza
Kavita Shah
Cape Verdean Blues
03:33
Writer: Morgadinho / Composers: Kavita Shah
05
Amor di mundo
Kavita Shah
Cape Verdean Blues
04:49
Composers: Teófilo Chantre
06
Situações triangulares
Kavita Shah
Cape Verdean Blues
03:18
Composers: Vasco Martins
07
Flor de lis
Kavita Shah
Cape Verdean Blues
04:13
Composers: Djavan Caetano Viana
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2014 Kavita Shah
23-05-2014
Visions
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Sodade
Kavita Shah
Visions
05:55
Composers: Amandio Cabral - Luis Morais
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Visions
Kavita Shah
Visions
05:56
Composers: Stevie Wonder
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Little Green
Kavita Shah
Visions
05:47
Composers: Joni Mitchell
04
Tabla Interlude
Kavita Shah
Visions
00:43
Composers: Stephen Cellucci
05
Paper Planes
Kavita Shah
Visions
05:02
Composers: Thomas Wesley Pentz - Paul Simonon - Mick Jones - Topper Headon - Mathangi Arulpragasam
06
Triste
Kavita Shah
Visions
05:14
Composers: Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Moray
Kavita Shah
Visions
05:56
Composers: Kavita Shishir Shah
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EPs
℗ 2016 Red Ribbon Entertainment Pvt Ltd
14-06-2016
Dare You
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Faisla Tera
Wrisha Dutta
Dare You
05:31
Writer: Manoj Yadav / Composers: Chirantan Bhatt
02
Dare You (Title Track)
Kary Arora
Dare You
05:17
Writer: Priya Baveja - Kary Arora / Composers: Kary Arora
03
Fariston Ki Dua
Jayesh Gandhi
Dare You
06:30
Writer: Monish Raza / Composers: Jayesh Gandhi
04
Atrangee Bandey
Jayesh Gandhi
Dare You
03:33
Writer: Monish Raza - Jayesh Gandhi / Composers: Jayesh Gandhi
05
Fariston Ki Dua (Angels Orar)
Kavita Shah
Dare You
03:21
Writer: Monish Raza / Composers: Jayesh Gandhi
Singles
Folkalist Records
15-09-2023
Amor di mundo
01
Amor di mundo
Kavita Shah
Amor di mundo
04:49
02
Joia
Kavita Shah
Amor di mundo
04:00
03
Angola
Kavita Shah
Amor di mundo
05:05
Folkalist Records
01-09-2023
Joia
01
Joia
Kavita Shah
Joia
04:00
02
Angola
Kavita Shah
Joia
05:05
2023 Folkalist Records
18-08-2023
Angola
01
Angola
Kavita Shah
Angola
05:05
Writer: Ramiro Mendes
Folklife Records
05-05-2023
Diyabarana
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Diyabarana
Yacouba Sissoko
Diyabarana
04:02
Writer: Jayme Stone / Composers: Jayme Stone
Featured in
2024 Putumayo Discovery
08-03-2024
Women of the World by Putumayo
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Lua Vai, Lua Vem
Putumayo
Women of the World by Putumayo
03:36
Writer: Thaïs Morell
02
Joia
Putumayo
Women of the World by Putumayo
04:00
Writer: Gerard Charles Mendes Sequeira (Boy Gé Mendes)
03
Stompin in the Rain
Putumayo
Women of the World by Putumayo
02:48
Writer: Gino Bombrini - Lotte Walda
04
Zeitgemäße Ansprache
Putumayo
Women of the World by Putumayo
03:59
Writer: Mascha Kaleko / Composers: Dorothea Kehr
05
Oh Marie
Putumayo
Women of the World by Putumayo
02:38
Writer: Genevieve Toupin - Sébastien Lacombe
06
Dyani
Putumayo
Women of the World by Putumayo
03:44
Writer: Laor Oman-Naharin
07
Aise Na They
Putumayo
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04:37
Writer: Amitabh Bhattacharya - Ram Sampath
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2024 Putumayo Discovery
23-08-2024
Café Africa by Putumayo
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Bu Dur I Nha Dur
Putumayo
Café Africa by Putumayo
04:29
Writer: Waldir Araújo
02
Dunia
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03:31
Writer: Yudelkis Lafuente - Mauricio Santana / Composers: Moussa Koita
03
Igagu
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03:03
Writer: Thembeka Mealies
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Mboka Na Ngai
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03:38
Writer: kasongo kabumbayi fabrice
05
Uma Nova Flor
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03:40
Writer: Jimy Gwaza - Yolanda Kakana
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Wama
Putumayo
Café Africa by Putumayo
04:34
Writer: Mariama Siga Goudiaby
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Singa
Putumayo
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03:53
Writer: Remna Shwarz
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Made Now Music
04-12-2022
Pluto and the Sun (feat. Kristin Berardi & Kavita Shah)
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Pluto and the Sun (feat. Kristin Berardi & Kavita Shah)
Steve Newcomb
Pluto and the Sun (feat. Kristin Berardi & Kavita Shah)
05:58
Writer: Steve Newcomb / Composers: Steve Newcomb