Jazz Articles about Kate Schutt

Kate Schutt: No Love Lost

by Michael P. Gladstone
October 31, 2008

No Love Lost is an album from singer/songwriter/guitarist Kate Schutt, a U.S citizen living in Guelph, Ontario, Canada since 2005 Schutt offers a variety of moods, and her writing is always sharp regarding the state of her heart, via some tunes of love--some unrequited and some rather active. The overall mood of the album echoes the work of vocalist Madeleine Peyroux, who has achieved enormous success, as well as a drop of Norah Jones insofar as arrangement and delivery.

Kate Schutt: No Love Lost

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 16, 2008

Nel mondo variegato del pop-jazz o si è Norah Jones o no. È lei il modello che molte vocalist imitano spregiudicatamente. Spesso si assiste ad un fiorire di clonazioni da far paura. Poi ci sono strade diverse, alternative. Partono sempre da un chiaro riferimento (il music-businness fa la sua parte), ma magari lo confondono con altre citazioni artistiche, più o meno lontane nel tempo. A volte, la personalizzazione del modello convince a tal punto da allontanare il sospetto che si ...

Kate Schutt: No Love Lost

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 1, 2008

The debut studio recording of American singer-songwriter/guitarist Kate Schutt combines old school gypsy jazz aesthetics and Schutt's wise, original words, persuasive melodies and economic arrangements. Schutt, who relocated to Guelph, Ontario and produced this fine recording, offers ten well-articulated and melodic song-stories, which cover different but never simple aspects of love. One bold cover that stands out is Sheila E's “Glamorous Life."

Schutt's main collaborators are Newfoundlanders, guitarist Duane Andrews bringing with him a Django gypsy jazz feel ...