Mano Suave nominated for Edison World Music!

Hilversum, The Hague – Yesterday evening (October 15^th, 2008) the Edison Foundation announced the nominations of Edison Jazz/World 2008. In the category World Music the album 'Mano Suave' of Yasmin Levy has been nominated for an Edison Jazz/World 2008. The winners will be announced half of November 2008. The Edison Ceremony will take place on Friday, November 28^th, 2008 in Muziekcentrum Frits Philips in Eindhoven.

World Music

The category 'World Music' is one of the six categories of Edison Jazz/World 2008. In each categorie are three nominations. Yasmin Levy's album Mano Suave ('smooth hand') is one of the nominations in the 'World Music' category. The other two nominations are Gé Reinders with his album Blaos mich 't landj door and Josee Koning with her cd Bem Brasileiro. The Edison bronze will be handed out to the winners on November 28^th, 2008 in Muziekcentrum Frits Philips in Eindhoven.

Mano Suave of Yasmin Levy

End 2007 Yasmin Levy (1975), the ambassadress of the Ladino, presented her new album Mano Suave (label World Village / harmonia mundi) to the Dutch public. In the Dutch television programme 'Vrije Geluiden' of November 11^th, 2007 Yasmin Levy gave an explanation to her new cd. In this programme she also sang three Ladino songs of her new release. This was her final break through in The Netherlands.

Before the release of Levy's Mano Suave took place, Yasmin gave in July 2007 a performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam. With her songs she convinced her public of the beauty of the cultural heritage of the Sefardic Jewish who in the middle-ages have been driven out of Spain. The Jewish people fled from the country to eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Yasmin Levy's father was the head of the Ladino-department of the Israelitish National Radio. He signed up the Ladino songs who have been hand down verbal from one generation to another. With her songs and also with Many Suave Yasmin Levy returns to her 'roots'. "I found this attraction to return to my roots irresistible. It is with this inner peace and joy that this album was recorded," says Yasmin Levy.