KATIE THIROUX TRIO
Katie Thiroux USA - bass and voice
Sam Watts UK - piano
Matt Witek USA - drums
Katie Thiroux er en amerikansk bassist, vokalist, komponist og pedagog. Basert i Los Angeles, har hun to kritikerroste album bak seg, nå kommer hun til Norge og for første gang til Herr Nilsen med sin faste trio! Det siste albumet, "Off Beat" ble kåret til beste 2018 album av Downbeat Magazine, i tillegg til Rising Star i 2018 og 2019.
The Boston Globe calls Katie Thiroux “…an enchanting singer, a poised and polished acoustic bassist, and an accomplished composer.” Katie brings her trio to our stage for the first time and promises a wonderful afternoon of jazz favorites as well as her own compositions....
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KATIE THIROUX TRIO
Katie Thiroux USA - bass and voice
Sam Watts UK - piano
Matt Witek USA - drums
Katie Thiroux er en amerikansk bassist, vokalist, komponist og pedagog. Basert i Los Angeles, har hun to kritikerroste album bak seg, nå kommer hun til Norge og for første gang til Herr Nilsen med sin faste trio! Det siste albumet, "Off Beat" ble kåret til beste 2018 album av Downbeat Magazine, i tillegg til Rising Star i 2018 og 2019.
The Boston Globe calls Katie Thiroux “…an enchanting singer, a poised and polished acoustic bassist, and an accomplished composer.” Katie brings her trio to our stage for the first time and promises a wonderful afternoon of jazz favorites as well as her own compositions.
“A multitasking talent who swings her bass with a Mack-truck-powered lilt that would make her hero Ray Brown proud, and who transforms her smallish voice into a thing of delight” (The New Yorker), Katie Thiroux has become a bold standard-bearer for the emerging generation of jazz singer/instrumentalists. Following her prodigious beginnings on bass at age 8 and studies under renowned vocalist Tierney Sutton at 12, Thiroux was mentored by the legendary bassist John Clayton and was awarded a Phil Ramone Presidential Scholarship to Berklee College of Music while gaining experience on the bandstand with artists including Terrell Safford, Terri Lyne Carrington, Branford Marsalis, Larry Fuller, Jeff Clayton, Patti Austin, Geri Allen, Helen Sung, Charles McPherson, and dozens of others.
Thiroux was a finalist in the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Vocals Competition, and her debut release as a bandleader from the same year, Introducing Katie Thiroux, received accolades from All About Jazz, the Huffington Post, the Jazz Journalists Association, and NPR Jazz, who listed the release among their Top 5 Debut Records of the Year. Thiroux’s newest album, Off Beat, made many best-of lists including DownBeat’s list of Best Albums of 2018. Recent appearances include Monterey Jazz Festival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Pizza Express (SoHo), Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, TD Toronto Jazz Fest, Montmartre, SF JAZZ, Birdland NYC, Dizzy's NYC and much more. She was named “Rising Star” bassist in the 2018 and 2019 DownBeat Critics Poll, performed a three-month residency at Quincy Jones’ Dubai jazz club in 2017 and is a featured artist for SF JAZZ “Women in the Lead.” For this date, Thiroux will be joined by her excellent working trio including drummer Matt Witek and pianist Sam Watts.
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