Friday, July 25th: “Jazz Forward I” 
“Jazz Forward” features artists that are boldly pushing jazz into the future, or who have incorporated jazz principles into futuristic music. NBJF 2008 proudly presents “Lipstick Jungle” themesters and critical darling Bitter:Sweet along with soundscape creators The Frequency at Great American Music Hall in an all-ages show. On the same night, ALO guitarist Dan Lebowitz Group and Stephane Wrembel Trio appear at Mojito. 
· Bitter:Sweet and the Frequency @ Great American Music Hall – 850 O’Farrell St | 8pm | ALL AGES | Tickets are $20 adv. at www.gamhtickets.com

BITTER:SWEET  (Los Angeles, USA)Millions of people have heard the infectious tunes of Bitter:Sweet via their debut album The Mating Game, as one of their many friends on MySpace, or in their favorite movies and TV shows. Since coming on the scene last year with their debut album, Bitter:Sweet has received a plethora of accolades from the press including The Los Angeles Times who claimed The Mating Game as “perhaps the best album of its kind since Portishead’s ‘Dummy’ was released more than a decade ago” and URB magazine who called the album, “delicious.”

Bitter:Sweet's trademark sound is an intoxicating blend of Shana Halligan's melodically sweet-and-sexy vocals paired with the duos sassy genre-bending production work. In 2000, Kiran emerged on the scene as a founding member of The Supreme Beings of Leisure. Signed to Chris Blackwell’s Palm Pictures, the band sold over a quarter million records worldwide. Shana is, of course, no stranger to the music industry. She has been a respected part of the Los Angeles music scene her whole life and grew-up in a household with father, Dick Halligan (Blood, Sweat & Tears). Together, Kiran and Shana have created Bitter:Sweet, one of the most seductive interpretations of retro swank and hot beats since James Bond was Sean Connery.

Over the past year, the band has received countless notable accolades. Their new single "The Bomb" from their recent album "Drama" was picked as the themesong for the new NBC show "Lipstick Jungle". They were awarded the Best Rock/Pop Album of 2006 at the Independent Music Awards. They are consistently ranked on top 20 of iTunes Electronic albums chart and in Billboard’s Top 50 Electronic albums chart. Both People and Playboy Magazine urged millions of their readers to download hot tracks off of their album. And, in their hometown, The Los Angeles Times pegged Bitter:Sweet as one of the top 10 Buzz Bands of 2006. We are honored to welcome Bitter:Sweet to the North Beach Jazz Fest to play the Great American Music Hall on Friday, July 25.