Christmas Cover of Winter Wonderland by Joan Jim and Roger Wang

Winter Wonderland (Christmas Cover Live 2014) - Joan Jim And Roger Wang

Joan Jim performing 'Mas Que Nada' alongside renown fingerstyle guitarist Hady Afro, drummer Kevin Coma, Keyboardist Damian Paul and Bassist Icco Elnoel. Video was taken from Joan's Latin Jazz showcase on the 23rd of November 2014 at Party Play Gaya Street Kota Kinabalu.

Mas Que Nada (Live 2014) - Joan Jim

Joan Jim performing 'Garota de Ipanema' also known as 'The Girl from Ipanema' alongside renown fingerstyle guitarist Hady Afro, drummer Kevin Coma, Keyboardist Damian Paul and Bassist Icco Elnoel. Video was taken from Joan's Latin Jazz showcase on the 23rd of November 2014 at Party Play Gaya Street Kota Kinabalu.

Garota de Ipanema (Live 2014) - Joan Jim

Joan Jim performing 'Dia', a cover of Sheila Majid's popular song, alongside renown fingerstyle guitarist Hady Afro, drummer Kevin Coma, Keyboardist Damian Paul and Bassist Icco Elnoel. Video was taken from Joan's Latin Jazz showcase on the 23rd of November 2014 at Party Play Gaya Street Kota Kinabalu.

Dia (Sheila Majid Cover Live 2014) - Joan Jim

Joan Jim performing a cover of Getaran Jiwa with Hady Afro on the guitar.

Getaran Jiwa (P.Ramlee Cover) - Joan Jim featuring Hady Afro

Joan Jim performing 'The Girl from Ipanema' featuring Hady Afro on guitar.

The Girl From Ipanema - Joan Jim featuring Hady Afro

Hingga Esok Tiba. Something I recorded years ago.

Hingga Esok Tiba

Joan Jim is a Malaysian, Sabah Borneo-born singer, arranger, composer and guitarist. Best known for her Latin Jazz singing style including Bossa Nova, Samba, Afro Cuban and Salsa. She’s also known for her rhythmic and melodic scat singing and always make any kind of songs in her own way, and that includes the music arrangements.

Joan picks up singing inspirations from Ella Fitzgerald, Astrud Gilberto and Flora Purim. Also, she listens to Stacey Kent, Esperanza Splading, Eliane Elise, Gretchen Parlato, Sade, Roberta Flack, Randy Crawford, Rachelle Ferrell, Laura Fygi, Ursula Dudziak and Kate Davis. Particularly loves Latin Jazz and Swing, she also lists down Post Bop as her favourite music with the likes of Joe Lovano and Kenny Garret. Other influences including Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorious, Chick Corea, Fourplay, Tania Maria and Michael Jackson.

Based in Kuala Lumpur from 2003 to 2013, Joan has been performing, writing music and is considered part of the Jazz scene in Malaysia. She's performed at the Bandung World Jazz Festival (Indonesia, 2010), World Youth Jazz Festival (Indonesia, 2013), World Youth Jazz Festival (Malaysia, 2012), World Youth Jazz Festival (Malaysia, 2013), KL International Jazz Festival (Malaysia, 2012), Borneo Jazz Festival Preview (Malaysia, 2012), Jazz Catz Music Rendezvous Festival (Malaysia, 2014), Kota Kinabalu Jazz Festival (Malaysia-Borneo, 2014). Proud of her ethnicity, Joan is the first ever 'Dusun' (a native from Sabah-East Malaysia) vocalist to be featured at the World Youth Jazz Festival in Indonesia back in 2013.

Joan was featured as a vocal instructor/back up vocals in the first Maldivian Contemporary Jazz Album – Feshun (2011). In 2012, Joan was selected by Disney Malaysia to dubbed the voice of Belle in the Malaysian dub of Disney's Beauty And The Beast, one of the Disney films to be dubbed in Bahasa Malaysia for TV release. She sang the songs 'Belle', 'Belle-Reprise' and 'Something There'. That same year, Joan dubbed the voice of Belle again for Disney's Beauty And The Beast 2: The Enchanted Christmas singing the song 'Stories'.

She has worked and performed with iconic Malaysian and Indonesian musicians such as Steve Thornton, Idang Rasjidi and Lewis Pragasam.

Joan Jim

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