Mellow Blues
Bossa Nova Singer-Guitarist
Jazz & Blues Online Guitar Lessons
Yat Hamzah, who performs as Mellow Blues, is a bossa nova singer-guitarist from Singapore. His intimate vocals and lyrical guitar playing create a distinctive sound that blends jazz and blues guitar with the relaxed, breezy sound of bossa nova music, inspired by João Gilberto and Django Reinhardt. As a guitar teacher, Mellow Blues offers online guitar lessons via Zoom, specialising in blues, jazz and bossa nova guitar.
Mellow Blues has performed at renowned venues across the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, and has graced the stages of festivals such as the Vibe Nation Beach Fest in Vietnam, UNESCO Phuket Jazz Fest, Rammanee Jazz & Blues Festival and Phuket’s International Jazz & Blues Festival in Thailand. He is endorsed by Emiya Guitars and has collaborated with them to design the Mellow Blues archtop guitar series.
As a guitar teacher, Mellow Blues has been teaching since 2010. In 2014 and 2015, two of his students received Certificates of Excellence from Trinity College of London for scoring among the highest in the Trinity Rock & Pop guitar examination. He is certified with Grade 8 in Trinity Rock & Pop Guitar and Grade 5 in ABRSM Music Theory.
Mellow Blues has performed at renowned venues across the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, and has graced the stages of festivals such as the Vibe Nation Beach Fest in Vietnam, UNESCO Phuket Jazz Fest, Rammanee Jazz & Blues Festival and Phuket’s International Jazz & Blues Festival in Thailand. He is endorsed by Emiya Guitars and has collaborated with them to design the Mellow Blues archtop guitar series.
As a guitar teacher, Mellow Blues has been teaching since 2010. In 2014 and 2015, two of his students received Certificates of Excellence from Trinity College of London for scoring among the highest in the Trinity Rock & Pop guitar examination. He is certified with Grade 8 in Trinity Rock & Pop Guitar and Grade 5 in ABRSM Music Theory.