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Kate Davis

Kate Davis is a vocalist and bassist based in New York City. She performs a variety of styles, primarily preserving the last century’s great American songs. After moving to the Pacific Northwest in middle school, Kate was nurtured by the supportive music community in Portland Oregon. There, she was able to satisfy her hunger to learn and perform. National recognition came in high school for bass and singing as a Silver winner through NFAA’s "youngARTS", a recipient of four Downbeat Magazine Student Awards, a double invitee to the Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony, and bassist in the Grammy Jazz Ensemble. She was also selected as a Presidential Scholar of the Arts, which included a White House visit and a performance at the Kennedy Center. Songwriting, composing, and arranging are major interests. She performs with numerous groups at the Manhattan School of Music, and played Dizzy's Club Coca Cola and The Blue Note, both with school groups, and as a bandleader.

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Silver winner through NFAA’s "youngARTS" Recipient of four Downbeat Magazine Student Awards Double invitee to the Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony Bassist in the Grammy Jazz Ensemble US Presidential Scholar of the Arts, including a White House visit and a performance at the Kennedy Center.

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Album Review

Cecile McLorin Salvant: Oh Snap

Read "Oh Snap" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Ogni nuovo disco di Cécile McLorin Salvant è un evento di rilievo ma da qualche anno si aggiungono stimolanti sorprese. Dagli ultimi due album --Ghost Song del 2022 e Mélusine del 2023--la cantante ha sospeso la relazione con il songbook statunitense e il repertorio legato al blues e alle radici, per presentare contenuti e soluzioni inaspettate con vari brani originali. Questo Oh Snap incrementa le nuove scelte. Tutti i temi sono personali, in una riflessione che riallaccia il ...

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Cecile McLorin Salvant: Oh Snap

Read "Oh Snap" reviewed by Frank Housh


It feels like Cecile McLorin Salvant is just showing off. The 2020 MacArthur Genius Grant Award Winner follows up Ghost Song (Nonesuch, 2022) and Mélusine (Nonesuch, 2023) with Oh Snap, a post-genre effort with deeply personal lyrics that sound like they were lifted from the diaries of a rediscovered poet. McLorin recorded Oh Snap alone, learning GarageBand and AutoTune as she went. She said, “I felt I had lost a connection to music because it was something that ...

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Kate Davis Announces Residency At Bemelmans Bar In The Carlyle

Kate Davis Announces Residency At Bemelmans Bar In The Carlyle

Source: Matt Gross

THE CARLYLE, A ROSEWOOD HOTEL WELCOMES KATE DAVIS TO BEMELMANS BAR FOR SUNDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY IN MAY Performances Will Take Place May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel, is pleased to welcome revered multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Kate Davis to Bemelmans Bar for a Sunday night residency. A Silver Winner of the National YoungArts Foundation, Kate became a New York transplant in 2009 when she enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music. Recently, Kate has shared ...

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Exodus to Jazz Would Like to Introduce You to Kate Davis on May 7th

Exodus to Jazz Would Like to Introduce You to Kate Davis on May 7th

Source: Jazz@Rochester

Local jazz presenter José DaCosta and Exodus to Jazz are bringing vocalist-bassist Kate Davis and her trio to Rochester on Saturday, May 7, 2011, 8:00 pm at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation. Davis will be joined by pianist Noah Kellman and drummer Jake Goldbass accompany to close the current Exodus To Jazz season. A rising star on the national and international jazz scene, Kate Davis is one of growing number of talented female bass players who sing (both on ...

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Oh Snap

Nonesuch Records
2025

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Live at Jimmy Mak's

Self Produced
2010

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