Kat Edmonson - Summertime

Songwriters: DuBose Heyward / George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin_

Katherine "Kat" Edmonson (born August 3, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter
http://www.katedmonson.com/

Lyrics:
Summertime and the living is easy
Fish are jumping and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
So hush little baby, don't you cry

One of these mornings you're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings and take to the sky
Till that morning there's nothing can harm you
With daddy and mama standing by

One of these mornings you're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings and take to the sky

Till that morning there's nothing can harm you
So hush little baby, don't you cry

Birds flying high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
Leaves drifting by, you know how I feel
It's a new dawn, it's a new day
It's a new life and I'm feeling good**

Songs We Love: Kat Edmonson, 'Old Fashioned Gal'

Kat Edmonson's Old Fashioned Gal comes out April 27.

Glynis Carpenter/Courtesy of the artist

NATE CHINEN
January 8, 201811:00 AM ET

A little over 75 years ago, Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire introduced "I'm Old Fashioned," a graceful, guileless ballad that dismisses the latest trends in favor of timeless romantic verities: the glow of moonlight, the holding of hands, "the starry song that April sings."

The song — by Jerome Kern, with Johnny Mercer's lyrics — forms an elegant set piece in the film musical You Were Never Lovelier (with Hayworth's singing ghosted by Nan Wynn). It has since become a jazz standard, with dozens if not hundreds of versions on record.

Kat Edmonson, an avowed fan of Astaire's films, probably had "I'm Old Fashioned" in the back of her mind when she wrote "Old Fashioned Gal," the title track of an album due out in the spring. But as a socially observant singer-songwriter in a social media age, she's also well aware that the bar for antiquarianism has moved since 1942. So instead of waxing poetic about the moon and stars, she pines for a respite from pop-up ads and notifications, for a phone "inextricably connected to a wall."

read more at: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/08/575965997/songs-we-love-kat-edmonson-old-fashioned-gal

Jazz singer Kat Edmonson's time-traveling voice sounds like it comes from another era

By Jon Santiago
Photo: Provided
May 28, 2014
Invariably, the first thing music critics want to discuss about Kat Edmonson is her voice. It's been described as a "honeyed, light-gauge, faintly crinkly singing voice, an instrument of self-containment and reflection" (The New York Times), "a timeless-sounding voice" (NPR), and one that "regularly draws comparisons to Blossom Dearie and Billie Holiday" (Jazz Times).

And while it's tempting to wax poetic in describing her unique vocal capabilities, it's more surprising people haven't noted that mostly she sounds like she's having a blast.

"It's not something I worked terribly hard for. It's a talent that I've always had. It's natural," she explains. So natural in fact she says she's constantly singing, be it in her car, cleaning the house, in the bath tub. She pulls out an analogy that sets her laughing. "It's like a sheepdog has to herd sheep — I have to sing."

Born in Houston, Texas, Edmonson, spent a year at the College of Charleston after being an American Idol contestant on the show's second season. She then moved back to Austin, in pursuit of a musical career. The move paid off. Austin music lovers quickly put Edmonson on their list of favorites.

In 2009, she self-released her first album Take to the Sky which soared into the top 20 on Billboard's jazz charts, and before long she was sharing the stage with fellow Texans Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett. She also appeared on The Tonight Show and toured with Lovett as the opening act.

While on the road with the gangly country crooner, Edmonson wrote some songs, and crowd-funded her next album Way Down Low, released in 2012. The LP brought her recognition on the national level and built on an already blazing ascent. It wasn't long before she found herself packing up and moving to New York. But the reason she gives for that move is less about wanting to take a bite of the Big Apple than it is about pursuing a deeply rooted personal journey. Blame it on growing up watching old black-and-white movies and learning the music of the '30s to '50s inside out.
Read more: http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/jazz-singer-kat-edmonsons-time-traveling-voice-sounds-like-it-comes-from-another-era/Content?oid=4927279

Equal parts Billie Holiday and Bjork, it is Kat Edmonson

"Kat Edmonson is the best new jazz singer I have heard in years and I know she will be around for years to come." - Al Schmitt, 19-time Grammy winning producer and engineer

"Edmonson might be the most promising American jazz singer to come along since Cassandra Wilson." - The Boston Globe

"Ms. Edmonson, from Austin, Tex., is a promising young jazz singer with a kittenish voice and an amiably relaxed style..." - The New York Times

"Equal parts Billie Holiday and Bjork, it is Edmonson's distinctive coyness that marks her as a vocalist of 2009, not merely a re-do of the 1930s." - All About Jazz

Kat Edmonson - Calendar

Calendar
Scat Jazz Lounge Fort Worth, TX Friday October 09, 8:30 PM
2009 Austin Jazz Festival Austin, TX Saturday October 10, 9:00 PM
Ovations Houston, TX Friday October 16, 8:00 PM
Vive Le Vin (Benefiting Ballet Austin) Austin, TX Thursday October 29, 6:00 PM
LightCatcher Winery Forth Worth, TX Sunday November 01, 4:00 PM
World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA Friday November 06, 7:00 PM
Sculler's Jazz Club Boston, MA Tuesday November 10, 8:00 PM
The Jazz Standard New York, NY Wednesday November 11, 7:30 PM
The Jazz Standard New York, NY Wednesday November 11, 9:30 PM
Cactus Music Series at The Cactus Hotel San Angelo, TX Friday November 13, 8:00 PM
Elephant Room Austin, TX Saturday November 14, 9:30 PM
Central Market North Austin, TX Saturday November 21 6:30 PM
Bugle Boy La Grange, TX Saturday December 19 8:00 PM

Kat Edmonson....

Kat Edmonson - Take To The Sky

First Ballot Entry for Best Jazz Vocal Album

“Kat Edmonson is the best new jazz singer I have heard in years, and I know she will be around for years to come. You have to hear her." -Al Schmitt


"Edmonson might be the most promising American jazz singer to come along since Cassandra Wilson." -The Boston Globe

"Equal parts Billie Holiday and Bjork, it is Edmonson's distinctive coyness that marks her as a vocalist of 2009, not merely a re-do of the 1930s." - All About Jazz

Kat Edmonson - Lucky

Kat Edmonson performs her song "Lucky" with Kevin Lovejoy and Ephraim Owens. April 4, 2009