Kate Reid - The Heart Already Knows

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:33
Size: 109,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:41)  1. Something to Live For
(3:11)  2. Confessin'
(3:15)  3. No More
(3:52)  4. Two Grey Rooms
(3:10)  5. Stars
(6:57)  6. Busy Being Blue
(4:46)  7. Just a Lucky so and So
(3:58)  8. Secret o' Life
(4:54)  9. If I Should Lose You
(5:12) 10. Minds of Their Own
(3:33) 11. Lazin' Around

The honest communication between two musicians in a performance setting can result in a very intimate and personal performance. This record features jazz vocalist Kate Reid with pianists Fred Hersch, Taylor Eigsti and guitarists Romero Lubambo, Paul Meyers and Larry Koonse. The material highlights Kate Reid in various 'feels' including swing, samba, bossa, ballad and contemporary. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/katereid13

Personnel:  Kate Reid vocals;  Paul Meyers guitar (1,7);  Larry Koonse guitar (2,4);  Fred Hersch piano (3,9,11);  Romero Lubambo guitar (5,10);  Taylor Eigsti piano (6,8)

The Heart Already Knows

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Kate Reid - The Love I'm In

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:52
Size: 139,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:31)  1. Just Squeeze Me
(4:21)  2. The Lamp Is Low
(6:04)  3. Where Do You Start
(4:06)  4. Nice & Easy
(7:27)  5. So In Love
(3:30)  6. I'm Through With Love
(6:19)  7. I Love You Porgy
(3:17)  8. Something Good
(5:06)  9. Portrait In Black And White
(6:14) 10. With Every Breath I Take
(6:01) 11. Close Enough For Love
(3:50) 12. Nobody Else But Me

Dr. Kate Reid is a faculty member of the Fine Arts department of Cypress College in Southern California. However, Reid is no stuffed shirt, ivory tower type. No, she is a living, breathing, practicing jazz singer, one who holds on to tradition loosely, having fun with the music she performs. She belongs to that treasured group of jazz singers who also plays piano, a group that includes the likes of Shirley Horn, Blossom Dearie, Nina Simone, Patti Wicks, Patricia Barber, Dena DeRose, Diana Krall and Norah Jones. That is quite a creative tradition. Reid is a known entity; her previous self-produced release, Sentimental Mood (2008), is a collection of the singer's favorite standards. The Love I'm In sharpens her focus to compositions with "love" at their core. "The Lamp Is Low" is a popular song from the 1930s. 

Written by Peter de Rose and Bert Shefter, it is based on Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante défunte," with lyrics provided by Mitchell Parish. Mildred Bailey and Frank Sinatra covered the piece in 1939, keeping it on the pop charts for several months. Reid, back by a standard piano trio, takes up this fine pedigree, delivering a humid, flirty, sexy, smoky version. Reid is closely miked, giving her alto voice a breathy immediacy that floats above the accompaniment. Her piano is sure and true, and her voice swinging. ~ C.Michael Bailey   

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=41529#.U0c4D1dSvro

Personnel: Kate Reid: vocals, piano; Ernie Watts: tenor sax; Steve Reid: trumpet; Chris Conner: bass; Steve Barnes: drums.

The Love I'm In

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Kate Reid - Sentimental Mood

Styles: Piano And Vocal Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:47
Size: 133,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:59)  1. I Thought About You
(4:36)  2. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
(3:40)  3. Lush Life
(3:41)  4. Let's Do It/Let's Fall In Love
(4:05)  5. Dreamer
(8:18)  6. Too Late Now
(4:53)  7. I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me
(3:12)  8. Only Trust Your Heart
(5:47)  9. In A Sentimental Mood
(5:11) 10. Out Of This World
(4:22) 11. Nothing Is Too Wonderful
(4:58) 12. The Face I Love

Pianist and vocalist Kate Reid is the latest singer to present music from The Great American Songbook, covered by so many others over the years. Blessed with a rich alto voice and being a consummate pianist to boot, Reid puts her own unique spin to a selection of oft-heard standards. Sentimental Mood benefits from a fine cast of Los Angeles musicians, among them guitarist Ron Eschete and saxophonist Ernie Watts, who plays sparingly here. Also performing with the singer is trumpeter and husband Steve Reid.  Unlike some jazz vocal recordings where the instrumentals play a major role in the music, Reid's vocals dominate the album, pushing the other musicians to the background. This is rhythm-based music where the piano, bass, guitar and drums provide the majority of the support. 

The music here is clearly designed to appeal to one's softer side, beginning with Van Heusen/Mercer's "I Thought About You" and offering others like Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life," and Cole Porter's "Let's Do It/Let's Fall In Love," which set the mood here and it's all sentimental. Reid is particularly enjoyable with splendid interpretations of Jobim's "Dreamer" and "Too Late Now," two of the softer and mellow songs on the disc. She ends on a high note with "The Face I Love," the best pick-up tune and the only one featuring Watts' dazzling saxophone, with whom Reid shares the stage on a wonderful closer and departure from the theme of the album. With a doctorate degree in Jazz Performance, Reid's Sentimental Mood is just the kind of musical medicine to cure that moody feeling, providing a jazzy prescription of sentimental love songs to soothe the tender heart. ~ Edward Blanco   

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30692#.UzD7XYUqPro 

Personnel: Kate Reid: piano and vocals; Steve Reid: trumpet; Steve Barnes: drums; Chris Conner: bass; Ron Eschete: guitar; Ernie Watts: tenor saxophone.

Sentimental Mood

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