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Yael Acher "Kat Modiano"
Johnny Mandel: Krazy Kat
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
By the late 1940s, most of the marquee big bands fronted by Swing Era bandleaders featured bebop arrangements. Bebop's popularity at the end of the decade owed a great deal to the increased influence of jazz disc jockeys, concert promoters and writers who championed the new music. Developed mid-decade by African-American musicians such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke and Max Roach as well as a handful of white musicians including Stan Levey, Shelly Manne and Al ...
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Jazz this week: Kat Edmonson, Houston Person, Dave Dickey Big Band, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
While goblins, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and zombies may rule the upcoming Halloween weekend, there's also plenty of live jazz and creative music to be found in and around St. Louis over the next few days. Here's a brief look at some of the most noteworthy shows... Wednesday, October 28 Multi-instrumentalist Lamar Harris and singer Anita Jackson will team up for the first of two nights of what's billed as a tribute to Nina Simone at Jazz at the Bistro. Thursday, ...
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Interview: Kat Anderson
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The week of December 11 will mark a special day in Motown history. Fifty years ago, the two-year-old label had its first No. 1 Billboard pop hit. Earlier in 1961, Smokey Robinson had the label's first No. 1 hit on the R&B chart. But a No. 1 pop hit was a big deal, showing that Motown could crossover and connectwith white teens. The group that pulled off that landmark recording was the Marvelettes and the song was Please Mr. Postman. ...
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Jazzy, Bluesy And Just A Little Naughty... Le Kat’s Boudoir Rouge Puts A New Spin On The 1930’s
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Muse Media
Inspired by the glamour of 1930's Hollywood, Paris' Jazz Age and her unadulterated passion for life, chanteuse Le Kat recently released her debut album, Boudoir Rouge. Brimming with elegantly diverse jazz vocals and moody pop songs that ooze sensuality, singer-songwriter Le Kat wrote nine of the fourteen songs co produced by William Tabanou. Lush and inviting, Boudoir Rouge celebrates the swank of the jazz age and the bluesy swagger of modern day as Le Kat's vocals set the mood—think Jessica ...
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PurrrrrLe Kat seducing music & video fans
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Boudoir Rouge garnering favorable album reviews, steamy Wikked Lil Grrrls video debuts on YouTube Hollywood, CA - A glamour girl enchanted by Paris and the Golden Age of Hollywood, chanteuse Le Kat has pounced on the music and video scene with a theatrical debut album and a devilishly delicious music video. Brimful of elegantly diverse jazz vocals and moody pop songs that ooze sensuality, Boudoir Rouge was released last month (February 16th) and is earning the praise of reviewers. Answering ...
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Indulge Your Passions with Le Kat's "Boudoir Rouge" on February 16th
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Chanteuses take on the 1930s is jazzy, bluesy and a little naughty Inspired by the 1930s Hollywood glamour, Paris Jazz Age and unadulterated passion, chanteuse Le Kat will release her debut album, Boudoir Rouge, on February 16th on the Le Kat Meow record label. The glitzy platinum blond bombshell wrote nine songs for the diverse collection of vintage jazz vocals, lonesome blues grooves, theatrical cabaret tunes, playful pop and moody torch songs, and produced thirteen tracks with William Tabanou. Backing ...
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The Jazz Session #107: Kat Edmonson
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Michael Ricci
Kat Edmonson is making a name for herself as both a smart interpreter of popular songs (both old and new) and as a musician who puts her values into practice in her art. Edmonson's debut CD, Take To The Sky (Convivium Records, 2009) features creative reworkings of tunes by Carol King, The Cure and The Cardigans, alongside (un)expected versions of Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Henry Mancini. In this interview, Edmonson talks about her years of apprenticeship in Austin, TX; ...
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Vocalist and Composer Kat Parra Returns with Her New Ensemble, the Sephardic Music Experience in Dos Amantes
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
* Featuring special guests Jason McGuire, guitar; Ravi Gutala, tablas; and members of the Temple Sinai Choir of Oakland * “… a moveable feast of Latin styles... [Her vocals are] beautifully shaped; her grasp of [the] archaic Judeo-Spanish style is remarkable.” — Philip Van Vleck, Billboard Review “… an exceptional world-music ambassador… an album [Azucar de Amor] about hope and, by extension, music's role as a universally uniting force.” — Chris Loudon, JazzTimes “Parra isn't content with tried and true ...
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Kat Edmonson at Jazz Standard
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DL Media
Kat EdmonsonSet to Perform at Jazz Standard, November 11Austin-based vocalist Kat Edmonson will perform with her sextet--tenor saxophonist John Ellis, pianist Kevin Lovejoy, bassist Danton Boller, drummer JJ Johnson and percussionist Chris Lovejoy--on Wednesday, November 11 at Jazz Standard. Edmonson made her debut at the venue in May while on a northeast tour with her Austin-based band.Nate Chinen of The New York Times says Edmonson “is a promising young jazz singer with a kittenish voice ...
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