翁布里亚爵士音乐节将呈现其中一支欧洲顶级的，在意大利，佩鲁贾成立的爵士乐队。Karima 可说是意大利家喻户晓的实力歌手，时常受邀为各种享誉国际的音乐人的演唱会嘉宾 - 如意大利最顶尖的爵士作曲家 Mario Biondi 及 John Legend 等人。

在 Karima 近期的项目“Karima sings Burt Bacharach” 里，她重新编曲，翻唱了这位曾获6座格莱美奖，三座奥斯卡的美国钢琴演奏家及作曲家的经典曲目。

The Italian band is presented by Umbria Jazz, one of the Top Jazz Festivals in Europe, taking place in Perugia, Italy. Italian singer Karima has grown as one of the most acclaimed singers in her native country and is often invited as special guest in concerts with world-renowned musicians such as Mario Biondi - Italy's foremost Jazz composer - and John Legend.

In her last project: “Karima sings Burt Bacharach” the celebrated singer shares her musicality with the famous American piano player and composer. Karima's rearrangements on classics from the six-time Grammy Award Winner and three-time Academy Awards winner are smoothly combined with new original compositions.

Tina May是“英国奉献给这个世界最完美的爵士人声”之一，1993年，首张专辑《Never Let Me Go》发行不多久，便被被授予“伦敦杰出音乐家”称号，紧接着1995年在British Jazz Vocalist Award上赢得“评委会最佳选择奖”，两年后又在BT Jazz Awards斩获“最佳选择奖”。

因为受Duke Ellington和Fats Waller的影响至深，她将传统流行与标准爵士驾驭得游刃有余；她的音域跨三个八度，美国金曲簿信手拈来；同时，因为音乐剧演出经验丰富，其声音表现力张弛有度，是BBC广播电台、电视台受邀表演次数最多的嘉宾之一。Tina May的钢琴演奏技艺非同一般，这么多年来，曾组过不少重奏乐队，其中最知名的是巴黎五重奏，除了表演爵士名曲之外还创作了不少原创作品。

Considered one of the finest jazz vocalists the UK has ever produced, Tina May has been recognised for her vocal art on more than one occasion. She was selected Number One Vocalist and the Critic’s Choice at 1998 BT Jazz Awards and was voted Critic’s Number One for the 1995 British Jazz Vocalist Award. She also was the recipient of London’s Outstanding Young Musician Award in 1993.

Influenced at an early age by her parents collection of Duke Ellington and Fats Waller records, she has emerged as a singer who is at ease with both traditional pop and standards from the Great American Songbook, as well as with songs produced by contemporary composers. In the early 80s  May moved to Paris, performing as a ‘chanteuse’ at various jazz clubs in the city. She regularly sang with Roger Guerin Big Band, Dany Doriz and Kenny Clark amongst other Parisian jazz stars. It was then that she pretty much concentrated on a jazz career, and later formed her first London based jazz quartet in 1989.  May has a prolific recording career, releasing at least a dozen albums on the UK record label 33Jazz. She recorded at the legendary Rudy Van Gelder studio with Ray Bryant with her own lyrics to his iconic tunes like ‘ Little Susie’ , Cuban Fantasy, Tonk and Cubano Chant. On the Linn label she recorded with the great West Coast tenor man Scott Hamilton . More recently she has recorded with the Hep label – two releases ‘Divas’ and ‘My Kinda Love’To great critical acclaim internationally.She has been featured soloist at many international jazz festivals around the globe including performances of the Duke Ellington Sacred Concert. She has shared the stage and sang with Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, Stan Tracey, Ray Bryant, Nikki Iles, David Newton ... May leads her Paris Quintet, sings with the BBC Big Band and tours the world with her music.She is very happy to be coming back to Shanghai !