Avantgarde Jazz Festival: China Moses Quartet
China Moses, singer, composer, producer and actress, amongst other things also an MTV star, dedicated one of her projects, which she published on the album “This One’s For Dinah”
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The China Moses Quartet opened the fourth instalment of the Avantgarde Jazz Festival with an exceptional performance and in the upcoming period jazz lovers will be able to enjoy seven more attractive concerts by some of the best jazz vocalists, musicia
China Moses, singer, composer, producer and actress, amongst other things also an MTV star, dedicated one of her projects, which she published on the album “This One’s For Dinah”, to the legendary singer Dinah Washington. Not without reason. Namely, “the queen” foretold the singer’s destiny to her mother, at that time a baby and today the famous singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, whose mother took her after one of her performances to her dressing room. Like Dinah Washington, China Moses also bases her approach on blues and sensitivity. This is felt in the performances of “the queen’s” hits, as well as in the author’s composition “Dinah Blues” dedicated to Dinah Washington. China also shows her respect to Dinah on her new album “Crazy Blues”, which she has dedicated to her and other great dames of blues and soul who have been inspiring her throughout her whole career, amongst whom are Mamie Smith, Helen Humes, Ma Rainey, Esther Phillips, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Etta James and Donna Summer. However, this blues and jazz statement is just a part of this versatile artiste’s creativity.
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4TH AVANTGARDE JAZZ FESTIVAL HAS KICKED OFF
China Moses Opens the Concert Season
The China Moses Quartet opened the fourth instalment of the Avantgarde Jazz Festival with an exceptional performance and in the upcoming period jazz lovers will be able to enjoy seven more attractive concerts by some of the best jazz vocalists, musicians and composers of today.
The quartet fronted by singer China Moses, a daughter of legendary Dee Dee Bridgewater and director Gilbert Moses, has met the expectations of music fans whose loud applause and a demand for an encore brought the singer back to the stage for additional performances of Tine Turner’s song I Can’t Stand The Rain and Dona Summer’s disco hit Hot Stuff. However, most of her repertoire was inspired by Dinah Washington, to whom China Moses dedicated her album This One's For Dinah, and her interpretation of Mammie Smith’s Crazy Blues was deeply inspiring.
With this concert of a famous jazz star who was only sixteen when she recorded her first single and video and eighteen in 1996 when she released her debut album China, followed by solo albums On tourne en rond (2000), Good Lovin (2004), This One's For Dinah (2009) and Crazy Blues (2012), the Avantgarde Jazz Festival has again proved itself to be a world-renowned and widely acclaimed jazz festival putting Rovinj, its picturesque host town, on the map of must-see destinations for travellers with a penchant for music and culture.
Regular visitors of jazz evenings are familiar with the After Party at Kantinon, which has become a great place for exchanging impressions, meeting renowned musicians and having a great time until early morning hours. All of the above accompanied by house specials, selected wines and Istria’s delicacies matched by Maistra’s top chefs and sommeliers, makes Avantgarde Jazz Festival an experience not to be missed.
