Kat Gang - Dream Your Troubles Away (2014)

Tracklist

01. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
02. I Don't Know Enough About You
03. Say It Isn't So
04. Nobody Else but Me
05. In My Solitude
06. Baby, Baby All the Time
07. Down with Love
08. Hard Hearted Hannah
09. Some of These Day
10. I Didn't Know About You
11. I Wish I Were in Love Again
12. Bye Bye Blackbird
13. More Than You Know

Could a jazz singer have a cooler name than Kat Gang? It is doubtful. Kat Gang is not only a singer, though. She is also a noted actor also, an embarrassment of talent riches. But Kat is short for Katherine and Gang is short of absolutely nothing when considering her refined vocals and keen take on the less- travelled streets of the Great American Songbook. Dream Your Troubles Away is Gang's second full-length album after 2013's Kat Gang (Self Produced) and features an elegant throwback to a simpler and more erudite brand of singing and songwriting. Gang alines her stars with a septet of keepers of the flame that includes guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, saxophonist Harry Allen and trumpeter Warren Vache. Gang obviously has fun with Bobby Troupe's 'Baby, Baby All The Time' which features the walking bass of Jay Leonhart and piquant blues voicings of pianist Mike Renzi. Sexy and confident, Gang sings playfully and with purpose. 'I Didn't Know About You' boasts the same charms, while 'Bye Bye Blackbird' is refreshed by Gang's coquettish approach. This quiet and incredibly refined recording demonstrates the riches of a great voice coupled with exceptional material. --All About Jazz

No fair! The Wednesday night attraction at New York's Plaza Hotel is one of the country's best kept secrets---and she shouldn't be. This lightly swinging jazz baby knows how to put the oldies across just by being there in service of the song. Forget that her session is an excuse for us to hear Pizzarelli, Renzi, Leonhart, Allen, Vache and others turning it out in fine style once again, this is a cooker from top to bottom by a gaggle of national treasures that we better see turning up on stage at the Kennedy Center sooner than later. A classic jazz thrush album from start to finish, this is what easy sophistication is all about. A stone cold winner and hats off to all involved. --Chris Spector - Midwest Record

Renowned jazz critic Will Friedwald writes that: ...band, is in fact, just about the most stellar that it's possible to put together in the 21st century.

New York City based and Very Accomplished singer, Kat Gang, evokes some amazing grooves while performing thirteen classic jazz tunes. Jazz masters Warren Vache, John Allred, Harry Allen, Mike Renzi and Bucky Pizzarelli perform musical magic around Kat's original vocals. Classic material, stellar musicians and a vibrant singer in the spotlight make a super-jazzy CD.

An up-and-coming star among the current, talented waive of contemporary singer/songwriters, Kat Gang delivers her unique brand of jazz- influenced music with a flair that constantly has her ever- increasing audience calling for more. From her unique take on traditional jazz standards to her soulful interpretations of the music of Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones and even the Arctic Monkeys, this Boston-born vocalist has long been winning diverse audience appreciation in theatres, jazz clubs, restaurants and reviews.

One of Kat s greatest gifts as a singer is her musical versatility; she draws on years of experience from across a broad range of specialties, enhancing her current project with innovation and expertise. Whether singing madrigals, the great American songbook, jazz or pop, Kat distinguishes each song with her vibrant voice and huge heart. Trained in music theory and composition at Berklee College of Music, and a BFA from NYU, she has eight years of professional singing experience in London and New York City, where she is famed for spreading her passionate jazz spirit. Kat has a unique vocal style that has been described as a musical breath of fresh air; Jazz aficionados proclaim her skills at improvisation.

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