Jazz Standards like "Lady is A Tramp", "My Favorite Things", "Fever", Ain't Misbehavin", It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing", Mack The Knife" and more, with a swinging Rhythm section (piano, acoustic bass, drums), tenor saxophone, and vocals

14 MP3 Songs in this album (66:33) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, JAZZ: Traditional Jazz Combo

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Kat has had a diverse life with different influences on her musicality. She has had many piano lessons. She was the first woman golfer to compete on the menâs team while she was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point among the third class of women. Maybe that is why she has such a scratchy voice.(from being barked orders at and learning to bark orders)Kat has a BA in Theater Arts with a minor in dance from PLU in Tacoma, WA.
Kat has performed lead roles in many musical Theater Shows including Velma Kelly in Chicago, and Sylvia in Two Gentleman of Verona. Kat fronted a performance art rock bank called Kat & The Rhythm Rats in Los Angeles, CA(venues include: opening for Chuck E. Weiss at the Central (now the Viper Room) on Sunset Blvd. and the famous Whiskey A Go Go), Kat fronted a blues band called Kat and the 7th Street Rats also in Los Angeles, CA(venues include: Mama Pajamaâs and Molly Malones.) She completed two extra semesters as a Music Major at Los Angeles City College.
Kat wrote a lot of the music for and performed in the Neo-Vaudeville Musical âBig Bad Bubbaâs Bourbon Street Barâ in West Los Angeles, CA created by the late great artist Peter Walker.
Kat also a fine artist, apprenticed for 8 years under Peter Walker doing much of his under painting. Katâs fine art ranges from painting, to assemblage, to papier mache sculpture. Katâs artwork can be seen in exhibitions around the city,currently she has a solo exhibition at La Divina Gelateria, and artwork hanging at Oak Street Cafe and First Cup Cafe. She has also done many commissioned pieces for private clients. Kat is a Jackson Square artist and can sometimes be found there painting and displaying her work.
Kat also owns her own company called Local Color Design which books specialty artistic entertainment for events (Peter and she cofounded) Kat is among the top caricature artists for events in the city. She has enjoyed drawing many conventioneers from all over the world since 1996.
Kat is now singing the jazz standards she always loved growing up and is very thankful for all the people, cultures, art and music that have inspired her life in the past, and inspire her life in the present.
In New Orleans, Kat's performance highlights since Hurricane Katrina (where Kat's house, like so many others, took 6 feet of water) include The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park 2 years, French Quarter Fest 3 years,, Parkway Bakery and Tavern 2007, Temple Sinai Gala 2 years, the Lusher Soiree at Tipitinas Uptown, 2 years, The Big Topâs Friday Night Music Camp, 2 years, upcoming performances are at French Quarter Fest, The Louisiana Music Factory, and the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park Kat has performed at Art Openings, Private Parties, Conventions and even at Buffaâs. She was honored to perform at the Salute to the 8th District Police Fundraising Festival in the French Quarter in November 2004.
Kat incorporates the scat singing she listened to so much of in one of her favorite singers, Ella Fitzgerald, whom Kat had the privilege of seeing live in the mid 1980âs at the Folklife Festival in Seattle, WA. Katâs other musical influences and inspirations include Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughn ,Billy Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Carmen McRae, George Gershwin, Louie Prima, Keely Smith, and all the old Musical Theater Stars, such as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Julie Andrews, Ethyl Merman, Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, Doris Day, Ann Miller, Bing Crosby,....(Kat used to get up in the middle of the night when she was young to watch a musical on TV) Local favorites are Germaine Bazzle, The Pfister Sisters and Cynthia Owen.
Jazz Skat Gumbo is Katâs debut cd produced by Bart Ramsey. Vocals: Kat Walker, piano, and arranger: Bart Ramsey, Acousitc Bass: Spike Perkins, Drums: Dennis OâToole, Tenor Saxophone: Dominick Grillo. Cd cover art: Kat Walker