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Date: 4 April 2008 (Fri)
Time: 5th act (Salsa Celtica)
Venue: Genting International Showroom
Occasion: Genting International Jazz Festival 2008



Salsa Celtica are definitely the ultimate dance band for the first night. Imagine a convergence of the Afro-Cuban dance blowing across the Atlantic and colliding with the Irish-Scottish-Celtic one, creating a “Perfect Storm” that unleashes a mighty fury of infectious fusions of Latin rhythms and Scottish folk music that sweeps one off their feet. Yes, it may seem foolhardy, but the offspring from the musical matrimony is quite remarkable.

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Gina Panizales has always been in love with music. Ever since her schooldays, she has been very active in participating in choirs, musicals and theater productions. It was when she discovered jazz that her career in music really took off. Citing Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Tania Maria, Dinah Washington, BB King, Etta James, Al Jarreau, Diane Schuur, Diane Reeves, Poncho Sanchez and Celia Cruz as her influences, she slowly transformed her sound from popular music and R&B to jazz, blues and latin which she has always loved listening to.

In 2006, Gina finally decided that it was high time for her to record her debut album. Having kept several songs for years, she sought the help of renowned local jazz guitarist and producer Roger Wang to produce her album, titled Finally. The album was recorded and mastered at RAM Productions in Kota Kinabalu and Sonique Productions in Kuala Lumpur.

The album can be obtained from most local stores in Malaysia.

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Salsa-Celtica was the last band to be interviewed for the 1st day. I had posed to them the question of whether Salsa and Celtic music are polls apart like water and oil and it seemed to have generated a lot of buzz which saw them talking excitingly. They were very friendly and chatty which made for some good conversation.

If you see them naming their next album, “Water and Oil” you know where they got it from.


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