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NATALIE MICHAN (VOCALIST)

Natalie Michan is an artist who recognizes music as a manifestation of the transcendent. She sees in music, the power to unite the world and its’ people. Drawing on her Middle-Eastern and Latin roots, and inspired by the vitality of New York, Natalie has woven a lush musical tapestry evocative of this rich cultural heritage. Natalie's formal music training began when she was a young teen with several years of opera study. She then made a departure into the jazz world to study jazz with Jane Getz. Shortly afterwards she went on to attend The New School University’s Jazz and Contemporary music program in 2001 in New York City. During this time she decided to further explore her Latin roots and went to Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts. It was four years ago at the Harbor Conservatory that she met double Grammy nominated artist David Oquendo with whom she studies Afro-Latin music. Natalie has performed with David's groups Habana Tres and Raíces Habaneras -- Afro-Cuban folklore. This love of Afro-Cuban folklore, lead her to Cuba where she studied folkloric music and dance with living rumba legends, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. Natalie also has training in music of Middle-Eastern. She has studied with Israeli reed player and composer, Harel Shachal. Again prompted by her love of music, she traveled abroad to Israel for further training in Middle-Eastern music with BBC Radio3 award winning, Yair Dalal. Most recently, Natalie’s music can be heard on New York’s WBGO jazz fm, on which she was also interviewed early this spring. She performs in several New York City venues including SOB’s and Son Cubano, among others. Natalie has recently recorded her first album entitled, Madrugada (the Spanish word for dawn) which she produced, arranged and composed the majority of the songs. It is a rich and seamless fusion of Latin and Middle-Eastern music. The arrangements are complex yet engaging with their mysterious melodies and alluring rhythms. They are poems, prayers, and celebrations of the spirit. This is music whose essence comes alive and penetrates all expectations. And it is Natalie’s voice – pure, haunting and human, that carries the listener on a journey through exotic traditions of the past, to arrive into a truly transcendent moment of the present.

NATALIE MICHAN - MADRUGADA (2006)

An acoustic fusion of Latin-American and Middle-Eastern music, drawing on the traditions of Spain, Cuba, Peru, and the Orient -- haunting, infectious, transcendent and soulful

all arrangements by natalie michan
natalie michán -vocals
jason lindner - piano
chacho schartz - bass
harel shachal - turkish clarinet
randy crafton - frame drum
dan aran - cymbals

itai kriss - c flute
anne drummond - alto flute
vladimir katz - piano

david oquendo - background vocals
tony escapa - cajón, congas, djembe