Piedmont Piano Company is pleased to present
Kate McGarry Quartet
featuring Keith Ganz
”Swinging in the New Year!”
Whew! Did you sometimes wonder if we'd make it out of this decade ALIVE?? We're almost over the finish line friends! Join us for this afternoon concert where we wave goodbye to worn out and weary 2019 and welcome a bright new decade with vibrant, swinging and surprising arrangements of songs you know and love! Featuring Keith Ganz guitar, Jeff Denson bass, Hamir Atwal drums.
$20 General Admission
More concerned with the essence of a song than idiomatic limitations, vocalist Kate McGarry and guitarist Keith Ganz have managed to attract the attention of tomorrow’s jazz fans. Beyond their obvious affinity for swing, their eclectic repertoire ranging from Irving Berlin to The Cars, and her signature contralto convey a message with a crystal clarity that precludes the need for gimmick or effect. All that’s left is undeniably honest music that transcends the boundaries of age or genre.
With seven critically acclaimed records including the Grammy nominated, If Less Is More Nothing Is Everything, and 2019's The Subject Tonight Is Love she's established herself as one of contemporary jazz's most moving and enigmatic voices. McGarry was named 2016 Rising Star vocalist by Downbeat Critics Poll and has toured or recorded with jazz luminaries Fred Hersch, Kurt Elling, Maria Schneider, John Hollenbeck, and Tony winner Jason Robert Brown.
Ganz brings the same authority with his guitar. A North Carolina boy, Ganz has rigorously pursued his craft since moving to New York in 1998, playing around the world with the likes of Harry Connick Jr, Kurt Elling, Luciana Souza and many more. The couple recently relocated to the Bay Area and are enjoying a warm welcome from the jazz community.
Hailed as, "Astute and sensitive" by the New York Times, and "An exceptionally appealing blend of folk and jazz" by The Wall St. Journal. Not to be missed!
"This band has figured out how to create jazz arrangements of songs by Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Stephen Stills and Ric Ocasek without compromising either the jazz or the rock'n'roll. The substitute chords, elasticized rhythms and deconstructionist solos make this satisfying jazz, while the lyrics are delivered with such forceful urgency that it's still satisfying rock'n'roll. The songs are transformed but never obscured." – Geoffrey Himes, Downbeat
“McGarry’s unique musical gift is her ability to broadcast emotional transparency with undeniable and artless force. The singer one hears in McGarry’s work is gracious and endearing; she is vulnerable yet unbroken; she is always rapturous. With her musical and life collaborator, the guitarist Keith Ganz, McGarry has been forging a signature approach to standards and new compositions that is immediately fresh and very personal.” – Kurt Elling, Jazz Times Magazine