ジャシンタ / Jacintha

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Jacintha Abisheganaden（1957.10.3- ）

インド系シンガポール人の父と、中国人の母の間に生まれた女優でもある、ジャズ・ヴォーカリスト。

discography

『Here's to Ben: A Vocal Tribute to Ben Webster』（1999）

『Autumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer』（2000）

『Lush Life』（2002）

『Jacintha Is Her Name』（2003）

『A Song for You, Karen』 &Jeremy Monteiro Trio（2003）

『The Girl from Bossa Nova』（2004）

『Jacintha Goes to Hollywood』（2007）

　『Autumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer』に収録されている『Here's to life』は、映画『マイ・スウィート・ガイズ』のオープニング・シーン（ラスベガスの街の夜明け。陽が昇ろうとしているが、まだ暗い街中。色鮮やかなネオン。しかし、街は確実に朝に近づいている。カジノのビルの群れは徐々に白んでいく。街に引き寄せられた多くの人が持ち寄った夢が終わり、また始まっていく時間帯）で使用されています。
　
　

Born to Alexander Abisheganaden, an Indian Singaporean educator, and a Chinese mother, both of her parents had musical backgrounds. She grew up to win a singing talent competition, Talentime, with her trio, Vintage.

She graduated with honours in English literature from the National University of Singapore.

She was one of the founders of the TheatreWorks theatre group, and has worked with director Ong Keng Sen in acclaimed plays such as Beauty World, Three Fat Virgins, Longing and The Lady of Soul.

To date she has released thirteen albums. She began a series of jazz recordings in 1999, and has released six acclaimed audiophile albums. Her latest album "Jacintha goes to Hollywood" was released by Groovenote in USA in July 2007. Her music has been featured in the movie "Play it to the bone" with Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson and in the Jennifer Garner TV Series "Alias". Jacintha performed live for the opening of the 117th IOC Session held in Singapore in 2005 to a worldwide audience over 200 million.

She has also acted in local television drama The Price of Peace, a period drama documenting the days of World War II.

-Jacintha Abisheganaden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia