Jazz Articles about Kat Edmonson

There Will Be Christmas - More Holiday Releases Plus A Salute To Winter Solstice

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 27, 2021

This broadcast presents more music to celebrate the season, with new releases from Kat Edmonson, Deb Bowman, Carolyn Lee Jones and The Bird & the Bee, with birthday shoutouts to singer pianist Una Mae Carlisle (protege of Fats Waller), celebrations of the Winter Solstice and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic so they can continue to distract, comfort and inspire. Playlist Javon Jackson “Santa ...

New Releases With Birthday Shoutouts to Regina Carter, Dorothy Ashby, Abbey Lincoln and More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 16, 2021

This broadcast presents new releases from marimbaist Jenny Klukken, Kevin Hays, Ben Street & Billy Hart, bassist Ilana Lipsztein, Cory Weeds Nightcrawlers and saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree with birthday shoutouts to Regina Carter, Dorothy Ashby, Abbey Lincoln, KJ Denhert, Kat Edmonson and Kat Gang, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic. Playlist Linda Dachtyl “Happy To Be" from A Late One (Summit) 00:00 KJ Denhert ...

Kat Edmonson on the quiet power of having a dream

by Leo Sidran
February 10, 2020

A Musical Tribute to Laziness

by H William Stine
July 24, 2019

I was feeling too lazy to come up with a theme for this week until I suddenly realized that I...well, I'm sure you're way ahead of me now so I'll stop there. Below is the playlist of the laziest songs, laziest excuses, and laziest fantasies I could squeeze into two hours, though I'm sure you'll agree that lazy is definitely not a word that applies to any of the singers and musicians. Playlist Cody Owen Stine “Paris ...

Kat Edmonson: Take To The Sky

by Holly Holmes
July 23, 2009

Jazz vocalist Kat Edmonson summed up her musical philosophy best when she told journalist Joey Guerra, “I just think good music is good music." The Austin-based singer's album Take To The Sky draws half of its repertoire from America's most timeless Tin Pan Alley songwriters, including the Gershwins and Cole Porter. The other half of the album draws from a wide range of contemporary popular songwriters, including the Cure and John Lennon.This strategy of mixing the classic with ...