SHARMILA GUHA: If Music Be the Food of Love

Sharmila Guha

If Music Be the Food of Love

© 2008 Sharmila Guha (634479717277)

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This jazz singer's long-awaited debut CD boasts an eclectic set of songs from different genres, including jazz, classical, modern rock, East Indian, and more.

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Liner notes:
"In this album are glimpses of some of the musical adventures that have shaped me into who I am today. Singing nursery rhymes into the tape recorder. Performing Bengali songs at Durga Puja. Listening to alternative rock. Studying classical music. And Ultimately finding my voice through jazz. I hope you enjoy these songs that retrace the steps of my on-going journey."

Sharmila Guha - voice
Larry Koonse - acoustic & electric guitar
Kevin Axt - bass

Produced by Sharmila Guha & Jon Nathan
All arrangements by Sharmila Guha, except for track 5 arranged by Jon Nathan and track 9 reharmonized by Larry Koonse.
Recorded in 2007, mixed and mastered in 2008 by Nolan Shaheed in Pasadena, CA, except for tracks 1, 6, 11, & 16 recorded in 1978 by Sharmila Guha in Monterey Park, CA.
Cover photo by Kevyn Major Howard.


Sharmila Guha attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and continued studies as a classical singer at the University of California, Santa Barbara. When invited to appear as a featured soloist with the UCSB Jazz Ensemble, she discovered her passion for jazz. After college, she was accepted into the “Jazz in July” program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, working with the legendary jazz singer Sheila Jordan.

Sharmila began her professional career in 2003 as a featured artist in the Santa Barbara Festival of Art & Jazz. She maintained her classical ties as a cantor and soloist at the historic Old Mission Santa Barbara. In 2003, she was invited to participate in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute. Re-locating back to her hometown in 2004, Sharmila focused her energy on her music career. In 2005, she was sought out in the talent search for Filipino-American jazz musicians, performing at the Inaugural Filipino-American Jazz Festival in LA's premiere jazz venue, the Catalina Bar & Grill.

Sharmila now performs as a jazz artist in Southern California having appeared with established names such as guitarist Larry Koonse, saxophonist Kim Richmond, and pianist Josh Nelson. She also works as a studio singer and private voice teacher. Sharmila continues to maintain her ties with classical singing as a cantor and soloist at St. John Fisher Church, in Rancho Palos Verdes, and as a member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

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  • Wonderful!
    author: Utku Oguz

    I am simply speechless by the beauty and the naturality of this voice.. So romantic, so soft, so humane... I have melted like the ice in front of the sun... Congratulations to Sharmila!

  • 9 Jano Akashke ---
    author: Chandan Das

    Sharmila, Congrtulations! I lilke your Bengali song. I am yet to listen to the others. I am sure they will be enjoyable too. I shall listen to them as soon as I have some breather.

  • if music be the food of love
    author: indira

    beautiful, sultry, quirky, mellow. a great eclectic mix of sounds.

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