https://www.thestreet.org.au/shows/hetty-kate-spring-album-launch
With "a stage presence only matched by the clarity of her voice", Paris-based, Australian Jazz vocalist Hetty Kate presents songs from her newest release, a sparkling homage to the most effervescent of seasons, Spring. This album is the opening chapter of "Jazz in Four Seasons", a four-album odyssey tracing the calendar year over different continents. Recorded in Prague with four of the city's finest jazz musicians, this collection captures spring's beauty through carefully curated standards from Duke Ellington, Tadd Dameron, Dave Brubeck and more. Songs celebrating new life, renewal, and awakening - from tender songs that echo the first buds of spring, to melodies that capture the dance of spring rain. Sure to be an evening of beautiful music, classics and curiosities....
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https://www.thestreet.org.au/shows/hetty-kate-spring-album-launch
With "a stage presence only matched by the clarity of her voice", Paris-based, Australian Jazz vocalist Hetty Kate presents songs from her newest release, a sparkling homage to the most effervescent of seasons, Spring. This album is the opening chapter of "Jazz in Four Seasons", a four-album odyssey tracing the calendar year over different continents. Recorded in Prague with four of the city's finest jazz musicians, this collection captures spring's beauty through carefully curated standards from Duke Ellington, Tadd Dameron, Dave Brubeck and more. Songs celebrating new life, renewal, and awakening - from tender songs that echo the first buds of spring, to melodies that capture the dance of spring rain. Sure to be an evening of beautiful music, classics and curiosities.
British-Australian vocalist Hetty Kate brings a pure tone and natural artistry to the jazz tradition. Compared to "a good champagne: simultaneously effervescent and restrained" by the Sydney Morning Herald, Hetty's distinctive approach balances her unwavering respect for the lyric, with spontaneity and wit.
Nurtured in Melbourne's vibrant jazz scene, Hetty's musical journey has since spanned 28 countries, with performances at major international festivals and a significant tenure as the featured vocalist in Australian Jazz Luminary James Morrison's touring bands, including his award-winning symphonic concert "The A to Z of Jazz."
Praised as "one of the best swing-style singers on the current scene" (Will Friedwald, Author & Critic USA), Hetty's recordings and live performances showcase her "poised vocal line," and "precise, on-point phrasing" (Alain Thomas, Couleurs Jazz FR), and talent for showcasing "a repertoire of such quality" (Eric Myers, LoudMouth Ezine, Music Trust AU).
Now based in Paris, Hetty continues to tour internationally across Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, sharing her passion for beautiful songs with audiences around the world.
“She’s the real deal: she sings in character, every number different from the last one (you’d be surprised how many singers don’t do that), can bend a blue note any which way and make you smile or smirk or furrow your brow along with her.”
– Lucid Culture (New York Hot Jazz Festival)
Hetty Kate - Voice
Damien Slingsby - Piano
Chris Pound - Double Bass
Nick McBride - Drums
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