I would like to introduce myself: I am Abhishek Dutta, the Marketing Officer for NICOLA’s Talent Factory. I am writing to request you to kindly list this event on your webpage. Please find attached more information regarding the festival.

NICOLA (New International Company Of Live Arts) is a not profit organisation, born out of a desire to bring the arts and young people together. NICOLA provides opportunities for youngsters to get involved in creative activities, helping them develop useful skills, encouraging cultural and social awareness and fuelling interest in careers in the arts.

On Saturday, 5th February 2011 (3pm – 9pm), we will be delivering our largest project to date by hosting the arts winter festival at the Chelsea Old Town Hall. NICOLA Talent Factory Festival 2011, is a new exciting event for young people aged 13-25 which is free for all community event.  The Talent Factory Festival will be a relaxed, family event designed to help nurture upcoming and undiscovered talent whilst engaging with young people who live in deprived areas across London. Patroned by Oritsé Williams of JLS the festival will include performances from DJ’s, bands and dance troupes as well as free interactive workshops, live art installations, art exhibitions, arts & crafts, careers and education advice stalls.

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Regards,
Abhishek Dutta
Marketing Officer
New International Company of Live Art (NICOLA) Association
07403432544
http://nicolaforyouth.org/

In 2010 the band can look back on performances at numerous major jazz festivals all over the Netherlands as well as in Belgium (Gent, de Vooruit) in de United Kingdom (HepCats Holiday March 2010) and France (Marckolsheim jazzfestival).En Marckolsheim Swing (Fr.).

At one of the so called Cultural Sundays Utrecht the band attracted over 2.700 spectators instead of the expected 800. Major jazzfestivals that booked the Bernard Berhout Swingorchetra in 2009/2010: Enkhuizen Jazz Festival, Jazz in Duke Town (Den Bosch), “Meer Jazz” (Hoofddorp), Jazzfestival Bergen Op Zoom, Jazz Festival Spijkenisse Jazz Festival, Laren Jazz, The Lindy Hop Exchange Amsterdam 2010, and Sail 2010.. On all festivals the band played on major stages and the critics were the same everywhere: Surprised and delighted. Festival organizers were more than satisfied everywhere.

Most of her life she has been singing and is known for having a voice that melts right into your heart…

The genre extends from funky neo-soul to frisky R&B, jazz and latin. The grove is quite international with a crisp of impertinence Yazzmin just got home from a successful tour in Dubai where she was performing at several great locations. She was selected as a special act performing at the ATLANTIS grand opening in the Palm Island.

Among many things she has been dedicated to gospel for many years. As a soloist in several Gospel Choirs she has been performing and touring a lot.

Another huge passions in her life, is Salsa and all sorts of Latin grooves. As 20 years old she started singing and dancing in the big salsa group Salsazucar, followed by many other Latin groups. I.e. Jorge Cordero

Fly Me To The Moon

Girl From Ipanema

Through the years she has been attending many singing and dancing courses. Today she is an amazing performer that has been covering everything from jazz, soul, funk, lounge house, pop salsa.

Yazzmin also has been working together with a lot of Denmark’s great musicians and top producers. At the age of 21 she joined the big pop group Cargo. They had a great deal of success all over Denmark and Europe. Shortly after she decided to go solo.

Now you can experience her and her talented musicians at different locations all over the world.

Client Comments
“I recently booked Yazzmin and her pianist as entertainment for the company Spamfighter and their 500 guests. They were entertaining during dinner at restaurant Park. Besides having karisma and a fantastic voice – that made the guests forget all about their dinner – the choice of songs were brilliant. It was all from Anita Baker, Prince, erarth Wind and fire and Mary J. Blige. Theese are normally not artists that you want to compete with but Yazzmin sung it as were they her own songs. I warmly give my very best recommendation for Yazzmin. If you have an event whereby you need all the best songs, sung in a beutifull way, by a stunning woman. This is it!”

Best regards
Mr. Joachim Hediger

Spectacularly elegant !
The musical performances by Yazzmin provided an exceptional positive experience for Fullrate. A great kick-start to our party performed in a spectacularly elegant way !

Venlig hilsen / Regards
Peter Mægbæk Madsen

It’s a Pleasure…
I´ve had the pleasure to work with Yazzmin in several shows and festivals during the last year. I was very pleased and suprised about Yazzmins profesionalism and talent. Yazzmin sings, dance and does a beautifull stage apperance. I can only give my very best recomendations to anyone who plans to work with her.

Saludos
Jorge Cordero & Team Latino

January 31st 2007 my customer, a group of 125 persons, had the pleasure of being entertained by Miss Yazz, Sound of Yazzmin.
The performance was extremely good and with her song and appearance, Miss Yazzmin succeeded in giving our diner arrangement a superbe atmosphere. I have already booked more arrangements with the artist.

Best regards
Birgitte Sørensen

Wow!
Miss Yazzmin has performed at some of our special private events. We are all breathtaken by the very talented girl and the big voice. A performance that I will recommend at any time. Not only was Yazzmin beautifull but she came through with a professionalism that we appreciated a lot. For every song she sung she introduced them with a story as if she new us personally. She made the evening unforgettable for us.

Arne Skafdrup, statsaut. ejendomsmægler & valuar
Ansvarlig indehaver

Repertoire List
Soul/ RnB /Ballads
Alysia keyes, falling
Body and soul: Anita baker
Calling you: celine
Close to you
Feel like making love: Roberta Flack
Funny valentine: Chaka Kahn
Hit the road jack: Ray charles
I know well meet again: Yazzmin
I need to know: Yazzmin
I wish
Isnt she lovely
Natural woman
never loved a man: aretha
Stay with you
Sweeet love: Anita baker
the peacocks
Therll never be another you:
Through the fire: Chaka Kahn
Tip top toe: Spike lee
titanic
Troubles: Alicia keyes
When i fall in love:: Nat king Cole

James Bond
A view to a kill
Diamants
Goldeneye
Goldfinger
Licence to kill
Live and let die

Mixed
Aint nobody: Chaka Khan
All night long
Bad: Michael Jackson
Barbiegirl
Big spender: Shirley bassey
Bills, bills, bills, Destinys Child
Butterfly: Alicia Keyes
Celebrations
Copacabana
Dont leave me this way
Finally
Give me the night
Howcome you dont call me: Alicia Keyes
I feel good: james brown
I will survive: Gloria Gaynor
I wish
Im every woman: Chaka Kahn
Im so exited
It dont mean a thing :
Its raining men: The weather girls
Ive got you under my skin
La isla bonita
Love is in the air
Mad about the boy: Dinah Washington
Mercy
Nasty girl: destinys Child
No woman no cry
Rehab
Rhytm is gonna get you
September: Earth Wind and Fire
Sexbomb
She works hard for the money
Shy guy
Simply the best: Tina Turner
Sing it back
Somebody elses guy: Jocelyn brown
Streetlife’
Time is now
Trouble: Elvis Presley
Up side down: Diana ross
We are family

Bossanova / Latin
A felicidade F
Agua de beber
Aqua do akvarel
Besa me
Conga
Corrida de jangada
Desafinado Fdur
Dindi Cdur
Doralice Ddur
Feel like making love: bossa style
How insensitive
Ipanema Fdur
La totura
Looks like december
Manha de carnaval/ black orpheus
Mas que nada BBmol
My foolish heart
Perhaps Amol
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps,
quiet nights A mol (bas robato intro)
rhytm s gonna get ya,
Samba de una nota F dur
Shes a carioca
So danso samba Des
Sway
Sway

Pure Jazz
500 Miles High; Four;
A Child is born;
A Foggy day;
A Night in Tunesia;
Aint no sunshine
All of Me; All of You;
All or Nothing at all;
All the Things you are;
Alone Together;
Angel Eyes;
Autumn Leaves;
Basin Street Blues;
Beautiful Love;
Black Orpheus;
Blame it on my Youth;
Blue Bossa;
Blue in Green;
Body and Soul;
But Beautiful;
Bye bye Blackbird;
Caravan;
Cheek to Cheek;
Chega de Saudade (No More Blues);
Cherokee;
Come rain or Come shine;
Darn that Dream;
Days of Wine and Roses;
Dear Old Stockholm;
Dolphin Dance;
East of the sun;
Easy to Love;
Everything Happens to me;
Everytime we say goodbye;
Have you met Miss Jones;
Here is that Rainy Day;
How deep is the Ocean;
How High the Moon;
How my Heart sings;
I Could write a Book;
I fall in love too easily;
I hear a Rhapsody;
I Love You;
I Remember Clifford;
I Thought About you;
I want to talk about you;
I´ll remember April;
I´m getting sentimental over you;
If you could see me now;
In a Sentimental mood;
In your own sweet way;
Indiana;
Invitation;
It Could happen to you;
Just Friends;
Just one of those things;
Lady Bird;
Lazy Bird;
Like someone in love;
Limehouse Blues;
Long ago and far away;
Lonnie´s Lament;
Love for sale;
Lullaby of Birdland;
Misty;
My favourite things;
My foolish heart;
My one and only love;
My Romance;
My Shining Hour;
Naima;
Nancy with the Laughing Face;
Nardis;
Night and Day;
Night Dreamer;
Night has a Thousand Eyes;
Old country;
Old folks;
On green dolphin Street;
On the Sunny side of the street;
Our love is here to stay;
Out of Nowhere;
Perdido; ‘
Polkadots and Moonbeams;
Prelude to a Kiss;
Recordame;
Round midnight;
Shadow of your smile;
Smoke gets in your eyes;
Softly as in the morning sunrise;
Some other time;
Someday my prince will come;
Someone to watch over me;
Sophisticated Lady; ‘
Soul Eyes;
Spain; Skylark;
Speak Low;
Spring can really hang you up the most;
Stars fell on Alabama;
Stella By starlight;
summertime
Take the A-train; ‘
The Nearness of you;
The Song is you;
The Way you look tonight;
There is no greater love;
These Foolish Things;
Time after Time;
What is this thing called love;
When Lights are Low;
You and the night and the music;
You don´t know what love is;
You must believe in spring;
You´d be so nice to come home to;
You´re my everything;

Christmas Carols
All I want for christmas is you
Christmas time is here again, beatless julesang
have yourself a merry little christmas
I saw mommy kissing santa claus
Im dreaming of a white christmas
Its goona be a cold cold christmas
Jingle bells
last christmas
let it snow
oh come oh ye faithful
on the 12 day of Christmas
Rocking around the christmas treee
rudolph the red nosed reindeer
santa baby
santaclaus is comming to town
silent night
the little drummerboy
walking in the winterwonderland
We wish you a merry christmas
when you wish upon a star

The voice is more visual than audible; shaded, iridescent, tangible, substantial. It seems to flow effortlessly.

Read any of the dozen or so biographies on Cassandra Wilson and you’ll discover some basics: born and reared in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s and 70s by musician and educator parents. She studied piano for 13 years and played clarinet in the concert and marching bands of junior high school. During the 70s, she could be found performing Joni Mitchell songs behind an acoustic guitar, or singing with a blues band in Little Rock, Arkansas, in front of a large funk band in Jackson, or in the company of long-time friends in an all-girls ensemble. In the eighties, Cassandra moved to New Orleans, and performed with Earl Turbinton and Ellis Marsalis. She was relocated to East Orange, New Jersey where she made a decision to take her chances on the New York jazz scene. After a stint as the main vocalist with Steve Coleman’s M-Base Collective, Cassandra began recording on her own. Her development can be tracked through her discography. From the standards on Blue Skies to the Grammy-winning projects New Moon Daughter and Loverly, to the combination of originals and interpretations played by a collection of Mississippi and New York musicians on both the 2001 release, Belly of the Sun, and 2003’s Glamoured, Cassandra continues to evolve as a vocalist, songwriter, and producer.

Wilson has won numerous awards in recognition of her work: the Downbeat Reader’s Poll for best female vocalist, the Downbeat Critic’s Poll for best female vocalist, the Edison Award, the Django D’Or, Montreal International Jazz Festival’s Miles Davis Prix Award, two Grammys in 1996 and 2009, and the 2009 Mississippi Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 2001, CNN and Time Magazine voted Cassandra Wilson America’s Best Singer.

In 2000, Wilson returned to Mississippi to establish Ojah Media Group. Ojah, a Yoruba word meaning, “the marketplace”, is an independent multi-media entity dedicated to documenting and marketing the unique sounds emanating from Mississippi’s fertile soil, and its multi-cultural influences. Cassandra Wilson is a world renown vocalist, songwriter and producer, with an extraordinary following, but at heart she is still a Mississippi girl whose art reflects her deep musical and cultural roots, anchored in the fertile Mississippi soil.

Nico Wayne is a unique french blues artist and play harmonica since the age of 18. He plays and sings with a forceful enthousiasm that is very entertaining.

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