Showing posts with label June Katz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label June Katz. Show all posts

Thursday, July 14, 2016

June Katz - Shiny Stockings

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:22
Size: 101.6 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1983/1997
Art: Front

[3:53] 1. Out Of Nowhere
[4:25] 2. Green Dolphin Street
[5:20] 3. But Beautiful
[2:59] 4. The Very Thought Of You
[3:57] 5. Slow Boat To China
[5:12] 6. Early Autumn
[3:08] 7. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
[3:14] 8. Shiny Stockings
[4:30] 9. Again
[3:52] 10. Red Top
[3:47] 11. Where Or When

Recorded Live at Blue Wave Studios, Vancouver, BC, January 30 and February 10, 1983.

Vocalist June Katz, the "resident den mother of the West Coast jazz scene," has been an important force in the music community as both a performer, and a nurturer for fellow artists. A fixture at the Alma Street Café from 1986 to 1993, Katz became known for her uniquely passionate and honest brand of jazz stylings, displaying what singer Kate Hammett-Vaughan has termed a "depth of innocence." In addition to holding down the venue's headlining spot, Katz turned the café into an informal training ground for musicians, inviting both veteran and up-and-coming artists to play and collaborate nightly. One of these up-and-comers was local musician Ross Taggart, who notes, "Playing at the Alma Street Café was like going to college for me, playing sax and piano with the best musicians in town." For Katz, " the young musicians who perfected their craft while playing in or with her band" became her "extended family."

Shiny Stockings

Monday, June 20, 2016

June Katz - Lulu's Back In Town... Again

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:14
Size: 89.8 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1987/1997
Art: Front

[3:03] 1. Brazil
[4:21] 2. Go 'way Baby Blues
[5:15] 3. No Not Much
[3:13] 4. Lulu's Back In Town
[5:46] 5. Out Of This World
[4:51] 6. Too Late Now
[2:38] 7. When Your Lover Has Gone
[5:12] 8. Smooth Sailin'
[2:00] 9. Somebody Loves Me
[2:50] 10. Without A Song

Vocalist June Katz, the "resident den mother of the West Coast jazz scene," has been an important force in the music community as both a performer, and a nurturer for fellow artists. A fixture at the Alma Street Café from 1986 to 1993, Katz became known for her uniquely passionate and honest brand of jazz stylings, displaying what singer Kate Hammett-Vaughan has termed a "depth of innocence." In addition to holding down the venue's headlining spot, Katz turned the café into an informal training ground for musicians, inviting both veteran and up-and-coming artists to play and collaborate nightly. One of these up-and-comers was local musician Ross Taggart, who notes, "Playing at the Alma Street Café was like going to college for me, playing sax and piano with the best musicians in town." For Katz, " the young musicians who perfected their craft while playing in or with her band" became her "extended family."

Lulu's Back In Town... Again