THAI jazz singer and songwriter Natasha Patamapongs is a regional powerhouse in her musical genre. Last year, AllAboutJazz.com writer Ian Patterson called her “an undeniably talented singer, brimming with confidence and a bubbly personality”.
VirtualMalaysia.com added: “Her sweet and clear voice brings the jazzy numbers to a new level. She has such depth, substance and panache that it’s hard to believe that she is only 25.”
Natasha is best known as the lead singer of Thailand-based jazz band Mellow Motif. As one of the founding members and main driving force behind the band’s success, she is responsible for the band’s arrangement ideas, production, artistic direction and public relations work.
She is one of the few jazz personalities to represent Thailand on the global stage today, including at Hua-Hin International Jazz Festival (2009), Singapore’s CHIJazz Festival (2009), Singapore’s KinestAsia by Timbre (2010), Malaysia’s Miri International Jazz Festival (2010), Indonesia’s Asean Jazz Festival (2010-2011), and this year at China’s Nanjing International Jazz And World Music Festival.
Performing highly inspired arrangements of jazz standards, Brazilian music and original compositions, she captured the hearts of non-jazz listeners and jazz aficionados in and out of the country.
In 2009, the Thai media described her as one of Bangkok’s Top 20 People To Watch and she was hailed as Thailand’s most “phenomenal musician” in the making.
As a solo artiste, Natasha enjoys collaborating with top jazz musicians across the region. They include Denny Euprasert, Michael Veerapen, Lewis Pragasam, Saxman Koh, Haruya Kibata, Valtinho Anastacio, Bob James and Roberto Menescal.
Natasha will perform at 10pm in Alexis Bistro, Great Eastern Mall, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, today and tomorrow. Call 03-4260 2288.
