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Kate McGarry: The Target
by Dan McClenaghan
Vocalist Kate McGarry, on the cover of The Target, looks as if she's sitting in Heaven: upward cupped palms encased in a glowing aura in front of her crossed legs, the sleeves of her blouse melding with an ambient whiteness.The Target is McGarry's third CD release on Palmetto Records, and it is a spiritual-sounding ...
Mercy Streets
By Kate McGarry
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Chelsea Morning; Whatever Lola Wants; How Deep Is the Ocean; But Not for Me; Mercy Street; Joga (State of Emergency); Snow Picnic; Aquelas Coisas
Todas; Stars; Trouble of the World; Going In; New Orleans
Kate McGarry: Mercy Streets
by Brian P. Lonergan
Singer Kate McGarry has made a beautiful album with Mercy Streets, though the music is not easily pigeonholed in any category of jazz. The largely acoustic album, with landscapes created by McGarry's vocals and guitar-based arrangements, follows in the genre-defying path cleared in recent years by Cassandra Wilson and Marvin Sewell's work together. To ...
Kate McGarry: Mercy Streets
by C. Michael Bailey
Kate McGarry has become a conspicuous presence among jazz vocalists because of her effortless assimilation of several major jazz vocal styles into a single musical vision. In her singing, one can detect elements of Kurt Elling, Betty Carter, Joni Mitchell, Cassandra Wilson, and Norah Jones. In this respect, McGarry is pushing the boundaries of jazz vocals ...
Show Me
By Kate McGarry
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Show Me; Gypsy In My Soul; Moon And Sand; The Thrill Is Gone; Oceano; Aqui O; East Of The Sun;
This Is Always; Get Out Of Town; One Eye Laughs, One Eye Weeps.
Kate McGarry: Show Me
by C. Michael Bailey
A vocalist of many vocals, Kate McGarry can change her tone and timbre at will, dictated by what the song requires. Compare the tight coquettish trill of “Show Me" with the alto elastic sexuality of “Gypsy in My Soul." Then compare that with the sleek, deep purr or “Moon and Sand." McGarry is quite handy at ...
Show Me
By Kate McGarry
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. show me
2. Gypsy in my Soul
3. Moon and Sand
4. The Thrill is Gone
5. Oceano
6. Aqui O
7. East of the Sun
8. This is Always
9. Get out of Town
10. One Eye Laughs, One Eye Weeps
Kate McGarry: Show Me
by Joel Roberts
Too many jazz singers try too hard, placing tech-nique and pyrotechnics above genuine feeling and personal expression. Not Kate McGarry. A Massachusetts native now based in Brooklyn, McGarry has a natural, unaffected manner that separates her from the pack of wannabe divas. On Show Me, McGarry takes a relaxed, patient approach to a well-chosen set of ...
Show Me
By Kate McGarry
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Show Me; Gypsy in my Soul; Moon and Sand; The Thrill is Gone; Oceano; Aqui O; East of the Sun; This is Always; Get Out of Town; One Eye Laughs, One Eye Weeps.
Kate McGarry: Show Me
by Jim Santella
With her program of romantic kinship, Kate McGarry reaches around the world to distant lands. Her phrasing, meanwhile, carries an unmistakable resemblance to Carmen McRae. Fresh and strong, the singer's delivery blends with piano, bass, drums and guitar to evoke mainstream jazz sentiments.Scat singing on “East of the Sun," McGarry improvises as an instrumentalist. ...
