The Ottawa Jazz Orchestra celebrates the voyages of Christopher Columbus with an evening of songs capturing the spirit of the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas. Vocalist, Diane Nalini, accompanied by a 12-piece chamber jazz orchestra, will perform songs in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English with musical arrangements written especially for this performance by OJO Artistic Director, Adrian Cho.

Celebrated vocalist, Diane Nalini, composes and sings in four languages. She has recorded four albums, sung at jazz festivals around the globe, and given gala performances for President Bill Clinton and Sir Paul McCartney. She was nominated for the Grand Prix de Jazz General Motors at the 2002 Montreal International Jazz Festival, and was one of two finalists for the UK’s Young Jazz Vocalist of the Year awards for 2001. Diane’s original songs have also been featured in television, independent films, as well as the Hollywood movie “Charlotte Grey” starring Cate Blanchett, which featured her song “L’amour d’autrefois”, co-written with UK arranger/composer Dick Walter.