Album:
The Kat Gang Jazz Band
Size: 93,9 MB
Time: 40:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz: Vocals
Art: Front
01. If I Loved You (5:10)
02. When I Fall In Love (6:11)
03. Blame It On My Youth (5:09)
04. Old Devil Moon (5:28)
05. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (5:13)
06. Honeysuckle Rose (3:26)
07. Peace (6:08)
08. They Say That Falling In Love Is Wonderful (3:31)
Kat has a soul steeped in jazz. Born in Boston, she began her music theory training as a teenager at Berklee and then fell in love with the energy of New York City and went on to gain her BFA from NYU. She escaped the Bush administration by seeking asylum in the UK and studying music at the Royal Academy in London. Kat lived and worked singing jazz all over England for seven years. She has performed twice at the GRAMMY Awards with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, traded fours with Bobby McFerrin at the Blue Note Jazz Festival, and currently is back in New York with a residency at the Plaza Hotel with her quartet. Kat continues to explore the depth of jazz fusion and improvisation with her versatile, extraordinary ear and voice.
Her entire life, Kat has been soul-searching and exploring the world with her ear tuned to music in the air. She has traveled and worked widely – Asia, Africa, the Pacific, Europe, North America and the Atlantic – and continues to seek influences and audiences abroad.
As an actress, Kat is compelling and authentic, visually engaging and emotionally sensitive. With the professional conservatory training received at Tisch’s unique network of studios, she brings depth to characters from Sondheim to Chekov to Rogers and Hart. Kat has a profound understanding of theatrical studies ranging from avant-garde to Broadway; from classical texts to modern American drama.
Kat’s voice, a four octave instrument, comes from a place deep within that touches love, loneliness, longing, and wonder. Revealing the superb vocal finesse and agility for which she is known, Kat can sound vulnerable, omnipotent, saucy, or madly in love. Listen for the intensity in her whispers, the power behind her belts, and her playfulness with words and melodies. Fall in love with her incomparable voice, her vivacious spirit, and her exceptional music.
The Kat Gang Jazz Band
Album:
Dream Your Troubles Away
Size: 141,7 MB
Time: 60:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Vocals
Art: Front
01. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (4:26)
02. I Don't Know Enough About You (5:23)
03. Say It Isn't So (4:50)
04. Nobody Else But Me (4:06)
05. In My Solitude (7:10)
06. Baby, Baby All The Time (3:46)
07. Down With Love (2:48)
08. Hard Hearted Hannah (5:05)
09. Some Of These Day (4:53)
10. I Didn't Know About You (5:29)
11. I Wish I Were In Love Again (3:05)
12. Bye Bye Blackbird (4:00)
13. More Than You Know (5:39)
Could a jazz singer have a cooler name than Kat Gang? It is doubtful. Kat Gang is not only a singer, though. She is also a noted actor also, an embarrassment of talent riches. But Kat is short for Katherine and Gang is short of absolutely nothing when considering her refined vocals and keen take on the less- travelled streets of the Great American Songbook. Dream Your Troubles Away is Gang's second full-length album after 2013's Kat Gang (Self Produced) and features an elegant throwback to a simpler and more erudite brand of singing and songwriting. Gang alines her stars with a septet of keepers of the flame that includes guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, saxophonist Harry Allen and trumpeter Warren Vache. Gang obviously has fun with Bobby Troupe's 'Baby, Baby All The Time' which features the walking bass of Jay Leonhart and piquant blues voicings of pianist Mike Renzi. Sexy and confident, Gang sings playfully and with purpose. 'I Didn't Know About You' boasts the same charms, while 'Bye Bye Blackbird' is refreshed by Gang's coquettish approach. This quiet and incredibly refined recording demonstrates the riches of a great voice coupled with exceptional material. --All About Jazz
No fair! The Wednesday night attraction at New York's Plaza Hotel is one of the country's best kept secrets---and she shouldn't be. This lightly swinging jazz baby knows how to put the oldies across just by being there in service of the song. Forget that her session is an excuse for us to hear Pizzarelli, Renzi, Leonhart, Allen, Vache and others turning it out in fine style once again, this is a cooker from top to bottom by a gaggle of national treasures that we better see turning up on stage at the Kennedy Center sooner than later. A classic jazz thrush album from start to finish, this is what easy sophistication is all about. A stone cold winner and hats off to all involved. --Chris Spector - Midwest Record
Renowned jazz critic Will Friedwald writes that: ...band, is in fact, just about the most stellar that it's possible to put together in the 21st century.
New York City based and Very Accomplished singer, Kat Gang, evokes some amazing grooves while performing thirteen classic jazz tunes. Jazz masters Warren Vache, John Allred, Harry Allen, Mike Renzi and Bucky Pizzarelli perform musical magic around Kat's original vocals. Classic material, stellar musicians and a vibrant singer in the spotlight make a super-jazzy CD.
An up-and-coming star among the current, talented waive of contemporary singer/songwriters, Kat Gang delivers her unique brand of jazz- influenced music with a flair that constantly has her ever- increasing audience calling for more. From her unique take on traditional jazz standards to her soulful interpretations of the music of Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones and even the Arctic Monkeys, this Boston-born vocalist has long been winning diverse audience appreciation in theatres, jazz clubs, restaurants and reviews.
One of Kat s greatest gifts as a singer is her musical versatility; she draws on years of experience from across a broad range of specialties, enhancing her current project with innovation and expertise. Whether singing madrigals, the great American songbook, jazz or pop, Kat distinguishes each song with her vibrant voice and huge heart. Trained in music theory and composition at Berklee College of Music, and a BFA from NYU, she has eight years of professional singing experience in London and New York City, where she is famed for spreading her passionate jazz spirit. Kat has a unique vocal style that has been described as a musical breath of fresh air; Jazz aficionados proclaim her skills at improvisation.
Dream Your Troubles Away
