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Mohamed Noor, who will play with Tribal Tide tonight at the Outdoor Theatre, plays 30 world percussion instruments.

The Jazzy Ladies performing tonight - Dawn Ho and Michaela Therese - started singing when they were eight and 12, respectively.
 
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“I enjoyed the songs, the food, the music, the people. Guess how many musicians in my band want to move to Singapore? They love it. Honestly, this festival has had wonderful organisation. We’ve been welcomed so wonderfully. I’m really thankful.” - Kaissa

”She obviously has a lot of fans in Singapore - she had a standing ovation before she even started. She had them eating out of her hand - they loved her - she has a beautiful voice.”
 Lena St George, Director – Arts at British Council, on Shirley Horn

”It’s really fabulous. I’m having a wonderful time and I think this kind of thing should happen more often - and everyone should get up and dance!”
– Stephanie, audience member at Poncho Sanchez


“Excuse me, are you a dancer?” gentleman seated at Stalls P7 at Shirley Horn concert to Lena St George, British Council, who was dressed in a sari
 




 
Sunday 20th March 2005
Explorations – Putumayo World Music Workshop
World Electronica by Sidestepper & GlobalSonic DJ Fabian Alsultany
2pm, Recital Studio
Jazzy Ladies Night
featuring Dawn Ho and Michaela Therese
6:30pm - 7pm & 9pm – 9:30pm, respectively, Concourse
World & Pop Playground
featuring Timmy and Tribal Tide
7:30pm – 8:15pm & 8:45pm – 9:30pm, respectively, Outdoor Theatre
Montreux Jazz Archives: Brazil Night – 1995
8:15pm, Roof Terrace & 9:30pm Outdoor Theatre
Visual Arts
Exhibitions at Community Wall Level 3 and Concert Hall Foyer on until 20 March.
Exhibitions at Theatre Street Cones, B1 Tunnel, Jendela (Visual Arts Space), Forecourt on until 3 April.
Exhibition at Concourse on until 17 April.
 


If you want to catch the last few items on the Mosaic agenda the schedule has been planned in such a way that you don’t have to miss anything. The Jazzy Ladies are back singing their sultry ballads at the Concourse tonight, strutting their stuff and winding us down from a very hectic week (Mosaic Mole is exhausted from a week of late night music and parties!).

At the Outdoor Theatre don’t miss the World & Pop Playground featuring Timmy and Tribal Tide. Timmy‘s eclectic music tastes will have you wondering what’s coming next. Soft jazz? Hard rock? Don’t miss these “quirky dudes”. Then find out what Tribal Jazz is all about. Comprised of piano, sax, flute and kalimba (African thumb piano), this should be a foot-tapping show.
 
 
Linton Kwesi Johnson filled the Theatre Studio last night, reciting his poetry to a captivated audience. Interspersing his poems with background information on when and why they were written, they listened in solemn silence as he spoke about his father who passed away in the 80s, and chuckled when he said, with a hint of embarrassment, that he didn’t usually write love poems but he had one that he wanted to read on this occasion. Unfortunately, latecomers to the show managed to keep breaking him in his stride.

Shirley Horn’s audience was equally captivated by her performance, waiting patiently as she was lifted from wheelchair to piano stool. She could have sat and eaten a sandwich and the audience would have loved her for it. The quietly-spoken Shirley made her way through a set of old favourites including Fever and Yesterday to a crowd that was eating out of her hand.

Michaela Therese was doing a good job holding her own at the Concourse, drawing a large crowd as she crooned away at the piano.

The difference in atmosphere between the Concourse and the Outdoor Theatre couldn’t have been more diverse. From serene jazz to thumping ska and reggae rhythms, the Outdoor Theatre proved too small a space for Fishtank’s 200+ fans who bounced along to the beats, singing along to their original tunes and making lots of happy noises for the band.

Meanwhile, over at the Stage@Powerhouse, Poncho Sanchez was drawing a huge crowd of dancing, partying Latin jazz fans. Spotted in the VIP area were Susheela Raman with hubby Sam Mills, both enjoying what they considered the last stop of their honeymoon, along with Putumayo Founder Dan Storper, Kaïssa, Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Sidestepper crew who managed to end the Mosaic festival on a mile-high note.

  
 

Poncho Sanchez hasn’t had much of a chance to get a taste of Singapore. He flew in from Hong Kong on Saturday afternoon and flys back to HK on Sunday morning.

Linton Kwesi Johnson was spotted soaking up the sounds of Susheela Raman at the Putumayo Party on Friday night. He wanted to be alone and wasn’t in the mood for talking.
The Sidestepper crew and much of the Putumayo party on the other hand have had a week to chill out in Singapore. Sidestepper Richard Blair and his band mates spent the day at Sentosa and have, of course, been shopping for electrical goods. On the day of his gig, however, Richard said he did “lots and lots of sleeping”. Kaïssa has, unfortunately, had a black cloud hanging over her head during her whole trip. Before she left NYC for Singapore she had a call from Cameroon informing her of her sister’s untimely death. She is leaving for Cameroon tomorrow for the funeral. On a happier note, she has been enjoying herself looking around Chinatown, shopping and soaking up the warm weather – it’s winter in New York.

 
Jazzy Ladies:
Jump on down
The Mosaic Music Festival is, of course, not only about giving a bunch of musos from overseas a week-long holiday in Singapore, but also about showcasing some of the extraordinary talent we have residing in Singapore and proving that we can more than hold our own alongside international artists. Enter Dawn Ho and Michaela Therese who, we’re sure, are going to prove that anything boys can do, girls can do better. Having started singing at the tender ages of eight and 12, respectively, and having both received formal training, they have gone on to make big names for themselves on the local scene. With both performing tonight, you’re gonna be slinking your way around the Concourse to the chocolatey vocals of these two very talented jazzy ladies.
Visual Arts

Wander around Esplanade and you can't help be confronted by some form of visual arts. For Mosaic, the centre has seven separate exhibitions running concurrently, by artists from Singapore, Australia, Japan and the UK, plus a very special collection from Switzerland: the Montreux Jazz Photo Exhibition. These rare images were photographed over the years backstage of the Montreux Jazz Festival and reveal the artists at their most relaxed and natural. The intimate and fascinating images just ooze cool.

This exhibition can be found at the Concert Hall Main Foyer, while the rest are in Jendela (Visual Arts Space), the Theatre Street Cones, in the B1 Tunnel, the Concourse, Esplanade Mall Level 3, and outside in the Forecourt's water feature. The highly original works include ceramics, photo-media, sculpture, and paintings and are definitely worth seeking out..
 
Explorations: Putumayo – How to be a DJ
Considered to be at the forefront of electronic world music, DJ Fabian Alsultany has been taking his “global melting pot of sounds and musical textures” to the four corners of the earth, educating, enlightening and most importantly, energising his audiences. Based in NYC and a first generation American, born of Latino and Arab immigrants, his musical influences reflect his rojak upbringing. Whether fusing Arabian electronica with salsa and drum ‘n’ bass, dancehall music with Moroccan, or South Asian with Brazilian, his musical expressions simultaneously reflect today, yesterday and tomorrow. As a part of the GlobeSonic DJ collective (who have played at such events as NYC Fashion Week and the Cairo Film Festival), Alsultany spun on both nights of the Putumayo World Music Party and will be holding a workshop on his spinning powers today.