HOME BASE : Motor City, USA
INSTRUMENT : Vocalist/songwriter
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COLLEAGUES : Randy Jacobs, Don Was, Mitch Foreman, Eric Harland, Kamau Kenyatta, Tamir Hendelman, Cyrus Chestnut, John Clayton, Kevin Mahogany, Bernard Purdie, Randy Brecker, Reuben Rogers, Kevin Axt and many more.
PERFORMANCES :
• Detroit International Jazz Fest
• Rhythm And Ribs Fest - Kansas City, MO
• Tanglewood Jazz Fest - Lenox, MA
• Ascona Jazz Festival - Switzerland
• North Sea Jazz Festival, - Rotterdam, Holland
• Jazz à Vienne Jazz Festival - Vienne, France
• The Newport, Oregon Center For The Arts - Newport, OR
• Lone Tree Center For The Arts - Lone Tree, CO
• The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History - Detroit, MI
• Kennedy Center - Washington DC
• Jazz Aspen Winter Series - Aspen, CO
• Jazz In The Box - Memphis, TN
• Multiple Performances in Russia, Turkey, Israel, Spain and London
NOTEWORTHY :
Opened for The Manhattan Transfer, James Moody, Marvin Hamlisch, Co-Wrote Hershey's Kisses with Johnny Mandel for To The Ladies OF Cool (my 4th release).
Current Single "Uncovered Soul" gaining airplay around the word including Sirius XM / Water Colors, SmoothJazz.com Global, FM, AM, Internet Radio Station worldwide.
Video taping for Sennheiser and Soul and Jazz TV in London.
AWARDS : Jazz Educators Network Award for Outstanding Performance, International Association Of Jazz Educators Award for Outstanding Service To Jazz Education, Artserve Michigan Award, For Composer Of The Year, Multiple ASCAP Songwriting Awards
"Kathy Kosins is one of the finest singers in the world."
~Don Was
(President Blue Note Records)
"It is my hope that the beauty and accessibility of the arrangements and the vocal and musical performances transmit this feeling to listeners globally."
~Kamau Kenyatta
(Grammy Winner)
"...she authentically recreates a lost genre of female jazz singing."
~Ralph A Miriello
(Huffington Post Jazz Journalist)