Kavita Shah is a vocalist, composer, polyglot, and lifelong New Yorker hailed by NPR for possessing an “amazing dexterity for musical languages”. Her projects blending modern jazz, new music, and folkloric traditions include “Visions” (2014, co-produced by Lionel Loueke), the interdisciplinary work “Folk Songs of Naboréa” (named by NPR as a Top 10 Jazz Concert of 2017), and “Interplay” (2018) in duet with bassist François Moutin, which was nominated for France's prestigious Victoire de la Musique for Jazz Album of the Year. Her work with composer Miho Hazama's m-unit on "Dancer in Nowhere" was nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Jazz Large Ensemble Album in 2020. Kavita is currently working on an album of traditional Cape Verdean music based on her ongoing ethnographic research on the island of São Vicente, due for release in 2021. She is also working on an album of original music with her jazz quintet, inspired by her recent travels to her ancestral villages in Gujarat, India. Kavita regularly performs her music at major concert halls, festivals, and clubs on six continents, and her work has been supported by Chamber Music America, Jerome Foundation, Camargo Foundation, New Music USA, and Asian Cultural Council. She speaks nine languages and holds a B.A. in Latin American Studies from Harvard and a Master’s in Jazz Voice from Manhattan School of Music.