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Jambar Presents Cjc's 25th Anniversary Celebration! Kate Mcgarry & Keith Ganz at California Jazz Conservatory

Courtesy of California Jazz Conservatory | Posted on August 5, 2022

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California Jazz Conservatory
2087 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA
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510-845-5373

Jambar Presents Cjc's 25th Anniversary Celebration! Kate Mcgarry & Keith Ganz at California Jazz Conservatory

When

Mon, September 12, 2022
8:00 pm

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Approaching both jazz standards and the popular music of their youth with “uncommon sincerity and interpretive wisdom, Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz find hidden depths in the Great American Songbook and transform songs we thought we knew into profoundly articulate new works of art.” — Irish Times

Kate & Keith, both faculty members at CJC, join us during our weeklong 25th Anniversary Celebration. Be sure to catch this skillfully inventive duo while they're here!

Artist Bios
With 7 critically acclaimed albums and 3 GRAMMY nominations, vocalist Kate McGarry is recognized as a jazz artist who brings authenticity and vitality to every song regardless of genre. The Wall St. Journal calls her music, “austere and elegant, an exceptionally appealing blend of folk and jazz." The New York Times pronounced her singing, “astute and sensitive." She has toured and recorded with jazz illuminati Fred Hersch, Kurt Elling, Maria Schneider, John Hollenbeck, Billy Childs, and TONY Award Winner Jason Robert Brown. During her decade in NYC, McGarry served as a Lincoln Center Teaching Artist, U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassador, and Jazz Arts faculty member at The Manhattan School of Music. Downbeat's 2016 Critics Poll named McGarry the #1 Rising Star Female Jazz Vocalist. She has been featured on iconic NPR shows such as Jazz Set w/DeeDee Bridgwater, Piano Jazz w/Marion McPartland, All Things Considered, as well as a host...

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