Kat Edmonson

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Kat Edmonson

Kat Edmonson signing CDs in Freiburg, Germany, Nov 17, 2013
Background information
Birth name Katherine Edmonson
Born (1983-08-03) August 3, 1983
Origin Houston, Texas, USA
Genres Jazz, vocal jazz, pop, folk
Occupations Singer, songwriter
Years active 2002–present
Labels Convivium, Spinnerette Records, Sony Music
Website www.katedmonson.com

Katherine "Kat" Edmonson (born August 3, 1983 in Houston, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter who moved first to Austin, Texas, then Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Early life

Kat Edmonson grew up as an only child with a single mother in Houston, Texas. Her mother introduced her with records, films and musicals to the Great American Songbook,[2] the classics of American popular music from the 1920s to the 1950s. In this way she acquired her jazz repertoire.[3] Kat Edmonson wrote her first song at the age of nine years.[4]

Musical career

In 2002 she auditioned for the second season of American Idol and made it into the group of 48 invited to Hollywood.[5] Subsequently she moved to Austin, Texas and decided to become a professional musician.[6] After years as a singer in the local club scene she released her debut album Take to the Sky in 2009. It was self funded and consists of pop covers and jazz standards. Take to the Sky reached the top 20 of the Billboard jazz charts.[2]

A duet of the classic Baby, It's Cold Outside with Lyle Lovett led to a joint appearance on The Tonight Show of Jay Leno and a tour opening for Lovett.[2] In 2010 she headlined the Taichung Jazz Festival in Taiwan.[7]

Her second album, Way Down Low, consisting mostly of original work, came out in 2012, funded by a Kickstarter campaign.[8] Way Down Low received warm critical reception from the New York Times[9] and NPR[4] and reached #1 on Billboard′s Heatseekers chart and on the iTunes singer-songwriter and jazz charts. Her song Lucky is featured twice in the Tina Fey and Paul Rudd film Admission, appearing as the end-credit song. Her music combines elements of various genres such as jazz, folk, acoustic rock, bossa nova, country and pop. She labels her musical style as vintage pop.[10]

In the spring of 2013 Kat Edmonson made her first U.S. tour with 11 concerts as a headliner. The following summer she played several jazz festivals in Europe, including the Montreux Jazz Festival. As the opening act for Jamie Cullum she toured the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Spain and France in the fall of 2013.

Discography

  • Take To The Sky, Convivium, 2009
  • Way Down Low, Spinnerette Records, 2012

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Martin Chilton: Kat Edmonson kickstarts her own success, The Telegraph, July 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Justin Eshak: IMDb Mini Biography.
  3. ↑ Joey Guerra: Jazz singer Kat Edmonson has it covered, The Houston Chronicle, April 9, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Kat Edmonson 'Just Wasn't Made For These Times'", NPR, April 17, 2012.
  5. ↑ JamBase: Kat Edmonson Bio
  6. ↑ Adam Schragin: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, The Austin Chronicle, April 6, 2012.
  7. ↑ The Huffington Post: Kat Edmonson.
  8. ↑ Adam Schragin: Kickstart My Heart, The Austin Chronicle, February 24, 2012.
  9. ↑ Jon Caramanica and Nate Chinen. "Future, SWV and Kat Edmonson Release New Albums", The New York Times, April 16, 2012.
  10. ↑ Victoriah Szirmai: Popular music from bygone eras, Kat Edmonson im Klangverführer-Interview, July 9, 2013.

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