Geila Zilkha
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Geila Zilkha (ギラ･ジルカ) (born August 15, 1969 [1]) is a half Israeli-half Japanese jazz singer,choral director, and educator. Born and raised in Kobe,Japan.
A 1987 graduate of Canadian Academy, an international school in Kobe, A 1991 graduate of Berklee College of Music,[2] Zilkha moved back to Japan to pursue a vocal career. She was a survivor of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, and between 1996 and 1999, she was a DJ for the show JAL Tokyo Balcony. She was also a guest vocalist on several dance-pop singles (usually credited simply as Geila), including My Summer Love, featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution. She continues to live in Tokyo and teaches as a Jazz Vocal Instructor at Senzoku Music College in Yokohama, and has released two solo albums "all Me"in 2010 and "appearance" in 2011.
In 2001, she formed a gospel-style choir in Tokyo, called the Geila&Voissalot Choir. This group performed at the Apollo Theater in NewYork as an invited guest for Halem Hallelujah in March 2009. Voissalot choir remains as a group without her direction. This group has three albums released. "Crystal Aspiration" "With Your Life" and "Rose".
In 2005-2006, she sang a song, Return to Love (Jazz Version), that was featured in an anime called SoltyRei.[3] It can be found as song number 10 on the SoltyRei Original Soundtrack Vol 2 CD.
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- My Summer Love with mitsu-O (Naoki Maeda). Featured in Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix Plus (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (Japan), DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution GB 3 (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution (United States), Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection (Japan), and DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution (United States).
- My Summer Love (Tommy's Smile Mix) with mitsu-O (Naoki Maeda). Featured in DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix and Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (Japan).
SOLO-DUO (Geila and Ayumu Yahaba (Vo)), "all Me" 2010, "appearance" 2011
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Geila Zilkha Website: http://www.geilajazz.com
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