“Best New Latin Kids Music”

— Billboard

Get ready for an elegantly silly time with the bilingual, swingin' sounds of Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats! The 2x GRAMMY® Award winner, front woman and songwriter Lucy Kalantari engages her audience with interactive, jazz-scat-along play, while singing foot-tapping songs highlighting the joys of life, community and resilience. Family members from 0 to 122 will find themselves lighter and smiling through and through!
“Part trad-jazz, part klezmer and all part-tay.”

— LA Times

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“Think Squirrel Nut Zippers for the younger set.”

— Red Tricycle

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    Sounds of Summer 3:19
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    Juntos somos fuertes 2:45
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    Joy Spice Soul 3:24
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    Haunting Days of Halloween 3:02
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    Fantástica 2:24
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    Are You Afraid of the Dark? (feat. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo) 3:08
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    It's Snowing 2:33
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    Una Gran Familia 3:16
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    Round and Round 2:48
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    La Cosecha 3:13
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    My Mommy Is a Mummy 3:36
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    Big Things 3:44
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    Art 2:52
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About Lucy Kalantari

LUCY KALANTARI is a 2x GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, composer, arranger, producer, and engineer with a Latin GRAMMY® nomination, a Los Premios Soberano Nomination (in the Dominican Republic) and multiple awards for songwriting.

Passionate about creating meaningful music for children and families, Kalantari leads Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats and produces a diverse roster of artists through her studio, Joy Sound Lab, whose motto is “enter with a sense of play.” Her work also includes songwriting for Dora on Nickelodeon and Paramount+, and her most recent productions include All in Good Time by Snooknuk and Magnificent by Lachi. 

Born of Latine descent and raised in the Dominican Republic for part of her life, she writes both in English and in Spanish making it accessible to a broader audience. Kalantari’s songs have been featured on PBS Kids Jam, Universal Kids (NBC Universal Television) and can often be found topping the charts on SiriusXM Kids Place Live as well as other family programs around the country. Highlight performances by Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats include Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Kennedy Center and Symphony Space, to name a few.

As a full-time music creator and a mother to an child musician, she still makes time for mentorship programs to help shape the minds of emerging music creators. She serves as a soundBoard mentor for We Are Moving the Needle, striving to correct the balance in an industry where women and non-binary individuals are underrepresented. She’s also a mentor for GRAMMY U and an active member of the Recording Academy.

Lucy Kalantari stands as a multifaceted and influential figure in the music industry, making significant contributions as an artist, a producer and as a mentor, actively working towards positive change and inclusivity in the field.