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Gospel and Jazz by Voice Print, Soul Sounds and Norma n Jazz to surface multicultural traditions
Languorous, relaxing New Orleans Jazz Sunday brunch is a tradition at Mount Lavinia Hotel. The hotel is celebrated and features a Jazz Sunday Brunch often with a jazz combo with Norma n Jazz and Sri Lanka’s best jazz musicians with the spectacular spread of delicacies synonymous to New Orleans.
But also on Sunday morning particularly, 26 December, as it very popular in New Orleans, African-American churches burst into song with the joyous sounds of gospel, yet another musical genre deeply rooted in the city of New Orleans and now at MLH.
Gospel brunches, a relatively new phenomenon, allow a non-religious audience to enjoy a sumptuous meal while appreciating this uplifting, soulful music on the day it was meant to be heard.
Gospel took shape in the early twentieth century from the old spirituals that gave hope and strength to many. In New Orleans gospel, any instrumentation aside from human voices was at first frowned upon as sinful in spite of the fact that the music adopted the upbeat rhythms honed by jazz artists.
Choirs were originally quite small, but over the years they grew and the more talented vocalists began to step forward to lead emotional call-and-response numbers.
The Gospel Jazz Sunday Brunch is the perfect way for music fans and curious visitors to enjoy gospel without having to track down neighbourhood churches. Indeed MLH could be guised as the house of blues and jazz on 26 December from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will be the only and indeed popular location that offers delicious Sunday brunch buffet matched with the soaring harmonies of gospel and uplifting live jazz.
Ranked with some of the most renowned choirs in the world, Soul Sounds – a much loved all-girls choir which has enthralled many an audience both in Sri Lanka and abroad – will team up with Voice Print, a choral musical ensemble – very much known to be an all-male acapella choir will liven the Terrace on 26 December.
Both choirs have brought Sri Lanka fame by winning the World Choir Games in China in two respective years.
Jambalaya, poached salmon fillet, oysters on ice, creative salads, variety of desserts, cucumber and mint shooters, cajun remoulade are just a few to tempt your taste buds.
In addition, the delicious brunch-time food that brings out the best of Mount Lavinia Hotel’s signature items: fresh air and sunshine at the poolside Governor’s Restaurant; or just splash out on a most indulgent spread to break those Sunday Blues.
Sequence of voices:
11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Norma n Jazz
12:15 p.m. to 1300hrs: Soul Sounds
1300hrs to 1345hrs: Voice Print
135hrs to 1430hrs: Souls Sounds
1430hrs to 1515hrs: Norma n Jazz
