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Kate Reid: The Heart Already Knows

Read "The Heart Already Knows" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


There's a special sort of intimacy achieved when a singer performs with the accompaniment of only one instrument. On this CD Kate Reid explores that in a big way, recording duets with two different pianists and three different guitarists. Reid has an appealingly husky alto voice with a casual coziness that adapts nicely to the styles of her various duet partners. Guitarist Paul Meyers makes a sensitive foil for her on Billy Strayhorn's “Something To Live For" and ...

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Kate Reid: The Love I’m In

Read "The Love I’m In" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


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, ...

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Kate Reid: Sentimental Mood

Read "Sentimental Mood" reviewed by Edward Blanco


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 ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Heart Already...

Self Produced
2018

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The Love I’m In

Self Produced
2012

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Sentimental Mood

Self Produced
2008

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