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  • From: "Todd Morman" <tmorman AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Stuff to do, Jazz Edition: Kate McGarry Keith Ganz Duo at Marsh Woodwinds Saturday
  • Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:39:15 -0500

Another one of those under-hyped amazing shows is happening at Marsh Woodwinds this Saturday; this time it's a guitar/vocal jazz duo that's gotten a good amount of critical praise. Here's the press release from Bob at www.taintradio.org:

Kate McGarry Keith Ganz Duo

Marsh Woodwinds August 27th, 8pm




The six years of collaboration between Palmetto Records Artist Kate McGarry and husband/guitarist Keith Ganz have produced four critically acclaimed recordings, a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and live performances that crackle with spontaneity and joy. Join the "dynamic duo" for their performance at Marsh Woodwinds in Raleigh. You'll hear a wide range of composers from Irving berlin to The Cars, with musical selections ranging from Celtic to Jazz, from Blues to Bossa Nova..

"This duo has figured out how to create jazz arrangements of songs by Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Stephen Stills and Ric Ocasek without compromising either the jazz or the rock'n'roll. The substitute chords, elasticized rhythms and deconstructionist solos make this satisfying jazz, while the lyrics are delivered with such forceful urgency that it's still satisfying rock'n'roll. The songs are transformed but never obscured." ~ Geoffrey Himes, Best CDs of 2008

With 4 critically acclaimed CDs and a 2009 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal to her credit, Kate McGarry is recognized as a jazz artist who brings authenticity and vitality to an extraordinarily wide range of material. The Wall St Journal calls her music "Austere and elegant", New York Times pronounced her " Astute and sensitive". Growing up in a large Irish Catholic family in Hyannis, Massachusetts, Kate and her nine siblings were surrounded by diverse musical influences: Celtic folk songs, Mills Brothers, the Beatles, 70s funk and pop. From singing in family talent shows to hearing her first recordings of Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald and later Keith Jarrett, Kate's ear for song opened to a wide universe of music. After studying African American music and Jazz with Dr. Horace Boyer and Archie Shepp at the University of Massachusetts, she honed her craft in Los Angeles for 8 years before ultimately relocating to New York.

Her music collaborations include projects with Jazz luminaries including Fred Hersch, Kurt Elling, Maria Schneider, and John Hollenbeck. She currently performs in many of venerated jazz clubs and festivals throughout the US and abroad, and as an educator has served on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music. Kate has represented the U.S. State Department and Jazz at Lincoln Center as a jazz ambassador for 3 years running in the American Music Abroad program and will travel with her band to South Africa for the month of December. McGarry has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, Marion McPartland's Piano Jazz, and Jazz Set with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is currently recording her 5th CD, Girl Talk, for Palmetto Records which will be released in early 2012.

Keith Ganz is a guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer. In addition to his Grammy-nominated collaborations with Kate McGarry, he has been the guitarist of choice for Harry Connick Jr., Kurt Elling, Luciana Souza, Peter Eldridge and many more acclaimed vocalists. He has also performed and/or recorded with a host of jazz legends including Christian McBride, Fred Hersch, Victor Lewis, Chris Potter, Andy Bey, Billy Drummond, Jay Anderson, and many others. He has performed on Late Night with David Letterman, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Ellen, The View and Australian Idol, and toured in four continents.

todd intimate setting small group oddball arrangements great spread of free food yeah looks like enough to trump netflix or whatever and actually leave the house morman





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