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Kathy Kosins

ASCAP award-winning vocalist Kathy Kosins has won the hearts of critics and fans around the globe with her eclectic musical palette that expands the rich history of jazz. Born and bred during the Motown era of Detroit, she began singing and arranging background vocals for producer Don Was in the early eighties, which led to her becoming one of the most sought after session singers. As a lead vocalist she recorded for both Carrere (Sony) and Quality Records and later toured with Was/Not Was. In the early "90s, Kosins, a ferocious writer and arranger, fell in love with the freedom of the jazz art form and her writing naturally evolved into a more traditional approach

New Releases Plus Remembering Monnette Sudler and Jaimie Branch

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 12, 2022

Today's broadcast presents new releases from The Baylor Project, Roberta Piket, Harvie S & Billy Mintz, Brooke Alford, Bob Baldwin, Jennifer Hartswick and Dafnis Prieto with birthday shoutouts to Pete McGuinness, Akiko Tsuruga, Sherrie Maricle, Gabrielle Stravelli, Sinne Eeg, Mark Winkler and Tomoko Omura, among others. Remembering guitarist Monnette Sudler and trumpeter Jaimie Branch in the ...

Rock Songs as Jazz with Charles Lloyd, Lisa Hilton and others

by Jerome Wilson
June 10, 2022

This show has jazz musicians interpreting a wide variety of rock and pop songs. There is Charles Lloyd playing Bob Dylan, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra playing David Bowie and much more. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & ...

Nice 'n' Easy Does It - A Celebration on the Centennial of Lew Spence

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 20, 2020

In the first hour, a celebration of the centennial of Lew Spence, best known for his hit “Nice 'n' Easy," plus new releases from trumpeters Rebecca Coupe Franks and Carol Morgan with birthday shoutouts to Joan Whitney, Della Reese (pictured), Mavis Staples and Caroline Davis. In the second hour there is a tribute to Johnny Mandel. ...

Resonance Records: The Art of the Sampler

by Geno Thackara
August 13, 2019

Resonance Records is a refreshing success story in the modern jazz world, still happily defying the norms of the streaming age with unflagging class and style. Even familiar listeners can lose sight of what a catalogue of material they've gathered, which is where 2019's handful of budget samplers come in. Co-president Zev Feldman declares that he's ...

The Women Who Wrote With Harold Arlen

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 15, 2019

Halfway through February Fundraising, this broadcast included new releases from pianist Brittany Anjou, saxophonist Jessica Jones, vocalists Kristen Lee Sergeant and Juno nominee Diana Panton, drummer Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom plus a special release from duo Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake, with birthday shout outs to Blanche Calloway, Sergio Mendes and Nicole Mitchell, among others. ...

Seven Women 2018 – Part II

by C. Michael Bailey
February 10, 2018

Hey, this is starting to become a habit. Nina Simone Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles Bethlehem Records 2018 Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles is a tidy summation of the first recordings made by vocalist/pianist Nina Simone. According to the liner notes, these selections, the singles releases ...

to the Ladies of Cool - A Love Letter to Connor, O´Day, Christy, London

By Kathy Kosins

Label: ESMAP
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Learnin' the Blues (Silvers) - 5:24; 02. Nightbird (K. Malone/A. Cohn) - 5:26; 03. Don't Wait Up for Me (C. DeForest) - 6:45; 04. All I Need Is You (B. Davis/P. DeRose/M. Parish) - 3:56; 05. Free and Easy (H. Mancini/B. Troup) - 3:41; 06. Hershey's Kisses (J. Mandel/K. Kosins ) - 4:32; 07. Lullaby in Rhythm (B. Goodman/E. Sampson/C. Profit/W. Hirsch) - 3:41; 08. November Twilight (P. King/P. Webster) - 6:45; 09. Kissing Bug (R. Stewart/B. Strayhorn/J. Sherrill) - 4:01; 10. Where Are You? (H. Adamson/J. McHugh) - 6:21.

To the Ladies of Cool

By Kathy Kosins

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Learnin'the Blues; Nightbird; Don't Wait Up For Me; All I Need Is You; Free and Easy; Hershey's Kisses; Lullaby In Rhythm; November Twilight; Kissing Bug; Where Are You?

Kathy Kosins: to the Ladies of Cool - A Love Letter to Connor, O´Day, Christy, London

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 13, 2012

I tempi in cui le cantanti jazz finivano sulle prime pagine delle rivista patinate sono ormai finiti da un pezzo. Per fortuna restano le incisioni e la musica di personaggi dalle notevoli capacità vocali che hanno lasciato una traccia nella musica del Novecento. A quattro di queste, Anita O´Day, June Christy, Chris Connor e Julie London ...