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Kiki Ebsen

Kiki Ebsen is a versatile artist whose work includes multiple music genres—jazz, folk, pop and classical. Whether composing new songs, performing or producing new music showcases, Kiki is driven by a well stream of creativity and the pure joy of connecting with audiences around the world.

At ease in any venue from intimate cabaret to large performing halls, during the past year, Kiki has performed from Los Angeles to New York and places in between, plus Canada.

Her sixth and latest record, “Scarecrow Sessions,” has enjoyed worldwide critical acclaim. Born from a desire to fulfill her father’s wish for her to sing jazz (her father is iconic performer, Buddy Ebsen), Kiki recorded an album of songs that had a connection to his life and seven-decade career, beginning with his New York Vaudeville days and Hollywood’s Golden Era.

From that record she created the multimedia touring show “To Dad with Love: A Tribute to Buddy Ebsen” with the help of her brother, award-winning video editor, Dustin Ebsen. Her show debuted at the Metropolitan Room in New York City with Los Angeles performances at Vitello’s Upstairs and at the iconic Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood. Described as “...a brilliant, must-see show” by national magazine, Cabaret Scenes, “To Dad with Love” is “an historic and heartfelt jazzy/cabaret journey presented from the perspective of Buddy’s youngest daughter.”

In recent headlining performances on the Divine Jazz Cruise (Celebrity), Kiki dazzled audiences with a silky, sensuous voice and unique jazz stylings as the elegant luxury ship made its way up the Pacific Northwest to Vancouver. Earlier this year, Kiki debuted her peace.harmony series, an intimate cybercast experience that showcases Kiki performing alongside some of her favorite singer-songwriters.

A cross between “Austin City Limits” and “Live From Daryl’s House,” peace.harmony concertgoers get an up-close-and-personal experience of the songwriters’ music and stories behind the songs. Net proceeds from these concerts go to Kiki’s nonprofit, The Healing Equine Ranch (501(c)3), whose focus is empowering, enlightening and educating through the natural interaction with horses. She creates and facilitates the equine programs in addition to all her music projects.

Citing Joni Mitchell as a major musical influence, Kiki’s Joni Mitchell Tribute Band pays homage to the iconic artist Joni Mitchell, and the band makes their Laguna Festival of the Arts debut in July. The Kiki Ebsen Band headlines the Laguna Arts Festival for the third consecutive summer in August. These concerts showcase Kiki’s extraordinary songwriting talent.

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Kiki Ebsen Displays Brains, Courage And A Whole Lot Of Heart Singing Jazz To Honor Her Famous Father

Kiki Ebsen Displays Brains, Courage And A Whole Lot Of Heart Singing Jazz To Honor Her Famous Father

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions

“Scarecrow Sessions,” the critically-lauded homage to Buddy Ebsen, is garnering radio-play led by the single, “If I Only Had A Brain.” Calabasas, California (1 October 2014): Reluctant no more, Kiki Ebsen clicked the heels of her ruby red shoes three times and set off on the yellow brick road armed with the Great American songbook, Broadway show tunes and songs from Hollywood’s Golden Era that are tied to the career of her celebrity father, Buddy Ebsen. Yesterday (Sept. 30), the ...

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Father Knew Best: Kiki Ebsen Records A Jazz Tribute To Her Late Dad, Actor Buddy Ebsen

Father Knew Best: Kiki Ebsen Records A Jazz Tribute To Her Late Dad, Actor Buddy Ebsen

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions

Scarecrow Sessions, due September 30, is comprised of standards and songs associated with her father’s showbiz career; “If I Only Had A Brain” is the No. 2 most added radio single this week. Calabasas, CA: Singer-songwriter Kiki Ebsen stubbornly refused her famous father’s repeated suggestions to learn how to sing jazz standards. Rebelliously she insisted upon forging her own path as a solo artist and accompanying keyboardist-vocalist with a bevy of A-list pop stars. Eleven years after the passing of ...

About "To Dad with Love: A Tribute to Buddy Ebsen" "An exceptional cabaret experience...tender, plaintive and adoring, captivating the audience with the moving images, and her honest connection to the lyrics." Mary Bogue, Cabaret Scenes

About "To Dad with Love: A Tribute to Buddy Ebsen" “ …a loving valentine from a daughter to her father, a clever, intimate musical and multi-media portrait of the man we thought we knew and the man Kiki knew as “dad.” … delivers the songs exquisitely, poignantly and often playfully live. it’s the personal storytelling (and film clips, including a delightful number with Shirley Temple)…infuse the show with an unforgettable magic that brings Buddy Ebsen alive once again.” ~~Jonathan Widran, Jazz Journalist

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Scarecrow Sessions

Painted Pony Media
2014

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The Beauty Inside

Painted Pony Media
2011

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Cool Songs, Volume 1

Painted Pony Media
2010

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Kiki

Painted Pony Media
2005

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Love Loud

Painted Pony Media
2000

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Red

Sin-Drome Records
1994

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