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Avi Wisnia
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Refreshingly Creative Jazz/Pop
Host Recommendations: 1
Member since: 2011-11-28
Home: Philadelphia, PA, US
Frequently Tours: up & down the East Coast, and California
# of Members: 1
Sound Equipment: Available if needed
Main Instrument: Vocals, Piano
Other Instruments: Guitar, Melodica, Kazoo
Genre: Singer-Songwriter/Jazz/Pop/Bossa Nova
Style: Mellow yet optimistically cheerful
Content: Mainstream and Witty
Rating: G - PG
MP3's
Rabbit Hole
The Back of Your Hand
I Wish That I Could Stop Writing Songs About You
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Quotes
"Completely Refreshing. Startlingly Clever. Lyrically brilliant."
- Alyssa Rashbaum (music critic for SPIN)
"Avi Wisnia plays his songs reminiscent of a Brazilian Bossa Nova. Add in his soothing vocals and poetic lyrics & you’ve got something you’ve never heard before."
- Helen Leicht (88.5 WXPN)
Recommendations from hosts
April, 2012 - "Avi Wisnia is a fresh upbeat new artist to the CIYH world. His personal passion for the Brazilian Bossa Nova / Samba genre comes through in his own pop jazz songs. With nothing but an electric piano and kazoo, this young man captures the audience and...
Bio
Think Ben Folds meets Norah Jones, if they had a lovechild in Brazil.
*CURRENTLY BOOKING Spring 2012 - Winter 2013*
Singer/Songwriter Avi Wisnia presents an eclectic mix of refreshingly original songs, finding inspiration in classic Brazilian bossa nova, acoustic American folk, 1950’s west-coast jazz, and contemporary pop. A wordsmith as well as a composer and performer, Avi’s clever lyrics give a knowing nod to those that came before, while his smooth vocals and deft piano s...
*CURRENTLY BOOKING Spring 2012 - Winter 2013*
Singer/Songwriter Avi Wisnia presents an eclectic mix of refreshingly original songs, finding inspiration in classic Brazilian bossa nova, acoustic American folk, 1950’s west-coast jazz, and contemporary pop. A wordsmith as well as a composer and performer, Avi’s clever lyrics give a knowing nod to those that came before, while his smooth vocals and deft piano s...
Trying to fill these important dates
PA/US: Aug, 2012 (dates: 3-18) - looking to fill in a few dates around summer festival performances
CA/US: Sep, 2012 (dates: all) - San Francisco, Sonoma/Napa, LA & San Diego areas
Rabbit Hole (house concert kazoo-along)