Katie Bull

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Katie Bull

Ms. Barnett has recorded three jazz CD’s, the eponymous “Judy Barnett,” “Swingin’” and most recently, “Too Darn Hot.” She has also recorded a CD of her own songs, “The Road To My Heart.” Judy Barnett’s Jazz-A-Teria performs around the country and abroad. They are available for all gigs, large and small. Press quotes: “She has emerged as one of the most individual of jazz singers; versatile, inventive, with the ability to swing at any tempo.”- The New York Times.“ She always conveys her own personal take on a song’s lyric, even while scatting and riffing on the melody, something that even Sarah Vaughan could barely manage.”-Time Out NY Magazine. “Judy Barnett percolates like the jazz God’s coffee pot.”-New York Newsday. “The sureness and ease with which Barnett lands on notes, the confident phrasing, the way the whole thing builds, makes you wish she recorded more often.”-New York Post. “Judy Barnett swings more than a playground set!”-New York Daily News. “To put it mildly, Barnett knows how to put on a show. She proves she has everything you dream of in a masterful jazz performance.”-New York Drama-Logue. “Barnett allows her vocal talents (diction, control, range, phrasing) to emerge slowly, like a hearty repast that reveals its succulence as it cooks, the delicious aromas enticing the diner’s nostrils.”-CMJ/New Music Report. “To describe Barnett as a jazz singer doesn’t quite suffice…a more apt classification would be R & J—rhythm and joy—for that’s what her shows pulsate with.”-Back Stage. “Judy’s a natural swinger, the kind jazz players like to play behind. She takes charge of a song and intuitively finds the jazz heart of it.”- Dave Frishberg. “Electrifying! Pure excitement and seduction!”-Cabaret Scenes. Email: judybarnett1@mac.com Website: judybarnettmusic.com. Management: Len Triola Promotion & Management. Tel: 516-782-9635.

Ms. Barnett is listed in the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment.

KATIE BULL: One of the most creative and talented artists in the business. First class. Katie Bull is a jazz vocalist and multi-media writer and performer living in New York City Love Spook is Bull’s second CD to date. Her premiere CD Conversations with the Jokers (with Michael Jefry Stevens, Lou Grassi, Joe Fonda) was released in March 2003 and received excellent critical notices. Conversations was on 12 Top Ten CMJ Radio charts culminating in an invitation to sing at Jazzweek’s kick-off to the Rochester International Jazz Festival, at the Montage. She has appeared with numerous musicians including pianists Michael Jefry Stevens, Frank Kimbrough, and Joshua Wolf; percussionists Lou Grassi, Matt Wilson, Harvey Sorgen, George Schuller, and Jon Wikan; and bass players Joe Fonda, Martin Wind, and Cameron Brown. She has sung with her divine mentors—jazz vocalist/composer Jay Clayton, and Sheila Jordan. Most recently Katie performed with Judi Silvano in her accapella jazz-movement ensemble “Voices Together.Other musicians Katie has worked with include pianist and composer Kirk Nurock in his Natural Sound and composer Julius Eastman. Katie was born in New York City, and raised in the West Village. Her jazz piano playing-dancer father used to let her tag along to gigs and various jam sessions, as well as run around on the edges of the dance floors where he was teaching modern dance at NYU. Soon, she and her dad moved to Brockport, a small town in upstate New York (way upstate, near Canada). It was there, at the jam sessions in the “parlor” of their home on Adams Street that she met numerous extraordinary visiting jazz musicians and composers including percussionist Lou Grassi, to whom she is indebted for his encouragement and support. She then returned to Tribeca, NYC – Manhattan, (before it was “Tribeca”) and lived in a raw loft space with her father and stepmother.

She got a regular gig at Walkers at the age of 15, singing standards once a week. She sat in a bit around town, at such venues as The Tin Palace, Sweet Basils, and Phoebes. The most memorable sitting-in moment was the night Joe Williams sat in at Sheila’s gig, and then Sheila let Katie sit in too; Katie sang My Funny Valentine, and Harvie Swartz , on bass, pulled out his bow at the end of the tune – his sensitivity sent electricity up Katie’s spine. It was a moment Katie now recognizes as a defining moment in her life; this is jazz, this is a conversation! Soon she embarked on her own, attending SUNY Purchase, entering as music major, exiting from the theater conservatory. It was at SUNY Purchase that Katie met mentor Chuck Jones who’s revolutionary work in vocal production for the speaking voice changed her life. Since graduation Katie has been living in Manhattan. Her focus has been in the hybrid-arts movement, also known as the inter-arts movement. She has written and directed numerous experimental productions with her company the Bull Family Orchestra, and this work has allowed her to integrate her background in music, dance, writing, and directing. She has been vocal coaching the speaking voice, and singing in various downtown experimental theaters. She joins the jazz world now, a newcomer, coming home. Sheila Jordan said: “Keep singing Katie – the jazz world needs you...” Website: www.katiebull.com E-mail: kjbull@mindspring.com Ms. Bull is listed in the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment.Continues NEXT