Kate McGarry

• SUPER AUDIO CD

• HYBRID DISC

Easy to Love is a most appropriate title for the recording debut of vocalist Kate McGarry. Right from the voice-bass intro on “My Heart Stood Still”, you know that this is to be no run-of-the-mill progam. An immediate reaction may be to notice the exceptional diction and enunciation and the distinctive phrasing that McGarry demonstrates. It's not surprising to learn that her greatest influences have been such unique stylists as Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter, and Mark Murphy, as well as the great lady of jazz vocals, Ella Fitzgerald.

Born in Cape Cod, MA, McGarry earned a bachelors degree in Afro-American Music and jazz at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where she also studied improvisation with the innovative saxophonist Archie Shepp. Singing was in her blood, and she began a professional career as soon as she graduated college, working local venues around Boston.Moving to California in 1988, she appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival, backed by an AII-Star Band led by Hank Jones and Clark Terry.With a lot of encouragement from singer and vocal coach Sue Raney, McGarry gradually began showing up at some of the top Los Angeles nightspots. She also landed a singing spot in theWesley Snipes,movie “Money Men”, and can be heard on the soundtrack.

PERSONNEL:

• KATE MC GARRY, vocals
• PAUL KREIBICH, drums
• KAREN HAMMACK, piano
• ERIC VON ESSEN, bass

TRACKS:

• 01. My Heart Stood Still
• 02. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
• 03. Autumn Nocturne
• 04. Just You, Just Me
• 05. Get It Straight
• 06. Body and Soul
• 07. The Thrill Is Gone
• 08. Easy to Love
• 09. Haunted Heart
• 10. A Felicidade
• 11. Dearly Beloved
• 12. You're Nearer"